Tipping: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

It would be nice if he could go 5 minutes without getting political. I was a bartender and I did well with tips and it wasn’t a great bar.

I’m from the “it’s weird and rude to tip” part of the world

The more the consumer has to pay "tip" for the employee's overall pay, the less the employer has to pay out. Ergo, encouraging tipping is sole to ensure business owners end up with more money. That said, Elon musk could then tip Trump, say $500000000 for a job well done…tax free.

Honestly, I've been avoiding last week tonight to avoid crippling anxiety, but tipping, I could watch one about tipping.

When I lived in Canada I tipped a waiter and he got genuinely upset and accused me of thinking he was poor. Had to explain I was from southern u.s.a. and we depend on tips in restaurants. Wild learning that they're making full wages and yet the food wasn't more expensive for it.

US is really one of the biggest shit holes in the world. Most of the practiced mentioned in this video are plane illegal in the bigger part of the world…

Surprise surprise. No taxes on tip or overtime didn't make it into the budget.

Jobs based on tips is right. The issue starts here

So, as a tipped employee (bartender) in California, one of the states with a very good minimum wage there is a part of this entire conversation that is constantly missed for people. Taxed wages are provable income. If I want to get an apartment or buy a car, I need to prove my income. Ignoring the fact that professional restaurant personnel are in fact very skilled and deserving of the wages they receive, if I want to afford an apartment I have to be able to prove that I make 3 times the rent. If I don’t claim those tips, I don’t have a record of that money. As a tipped employee, it does not make sense for me to revert back to a place in which I make $15 an hour and can’t afford my $2000 a month apartment. If you want your bartenders or servers to not pay taxes, tip cash. Let them choose to claim what they need to prove income. But don’t not tip. This world is expensive, and the industry needs truly passionate people even if you don’t consider it high skilled work.

Iwas in SUBWAY and they asked for a TIP.

Automatic tipping (especially for self service) is BS. Get rid of the sub minimum wage, and make tipping optional based on service.

I was raised that 20% for staggard service and more for better, and less for less. I tip in advance at fine restaurants and bigger tables

Only in AMERICA

Learn to code.

Years ago, in the early 80's, I was a food server at a new buffet in a Nevada casino. It was common to have a "compted party," a party that got a free dinner from management, seated in my section. The party would normally be anywhere from 4-10 people and hold a table for the duration of the shift. I was stiffed tips from most of these parties, even though they didn't pay a dime for their endless surf and turf meal. At the end of my shift, I had to tip out the bartenders, the bus boy, the desert bar, and the hostess. More than once, I left work with only $5 of tips left in my pocket. We were also taxed over 7% for each meal ticket bill from our section. Our wage was in the $3 range. Back then, pantyhose, and skirts were mandatory attire, and comfortable shoes, which were not supplied by our employer. Food servers work their butts off for their tips. Its a difficult job.

The argument against having the tips included in the menu is dumb. Everyone is OK with it and prefers it to tips, so if it becomes the law people will just deal with it tbh. There may be some drop off but not much.

As a casino worker I started at 4.75 an hour. I currently make more than minimum wage due to my current employer raising the base rate above it, but still I'd love to see something that makes it so I just get paid by my job the same amount I make in tips.

My biggest fear is if there was a ban on tips i'd just get paid way less by my employer.