Current Events > Canadians arent sorry anymore, they mad over tipping culture goin out of control

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/now-15-per-cent-is-rude-tipping-fatigue-hits-customers-as-requests-rise-1.6071227

The tipping point for Caitlin Green came when she was buying infant formula.
"I was asked to tip for an online order of baby formula," said Green, a new mom and radio announcer in Toronto.
"I wasn't using Instacart or tipping someone for delivery. It was just a regular online order and I was asked to tip at the check out to 'show support for the team."'
She added: "It feels like I'm being hit up for tips at every single turn."
Tipping fatigue is hitting consumers as requests for gratuities increase and spread to new businesses amid the rise of automated payment machines and preset tip suggestions.
In the worst of the pandemic, many Canadians upped their tips for essential workers like restaurant staff and delivery drivers in recognition of the health risks they took serving people.
Yet with most pandemic restrictions lifted and inflation pushing up the cost of everything, some people are feeling uncomfortable with the pressure to tip more -- including at businesses where tipping wasn't traditionally expected.
Tipping amounts also appear to have been impacted by inflation.
Tipping prompts at some point-of-sale terminals increasingly suggest amounts ranging from 18 to 30 per cent, though another amount can be manually added.
That's often on top of tax and higher menu prices overall.
"It seems like now 15 per cent is rude," Green said.
"There's been a huge drop in service, at least in my experience at restaurants since the pandemic, which I totally understand why it's happening. But prices are also more expensive and then I'm being asked to tip 25 per cent as a preset option."
For some, it's a fair price to pay to ensure hard-working hospitality professionals earn a living wage.
The tipping point for Caitlin Green came when she was buying infant formula.
"I was asked to tip for an online order of baby formula," said Green, a new mom and radio announcer in Toronto.
"I wasn't using Instacart or tipping someone for delivery. It was just a regular online order and I was asked to tip at the check out to 'show support for the team."'
She added: "It feels like I'm being hit up for tips at every single turn."
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Tipping fatigue is hitting consumers as requests for gratuities increase and spread to new businesses amid the rise of automated payment machines and preset tip suggestions.
In the worst of the pandemic, many Canadians upped their tips for essential workers like restaurant staff and delivery drivers in recognition of the health risks they took serving people.
Yet with most pandemic restrictions lifted and inflation pushing up the cost of everything, some people are feeling uncomfortable with the pressure to tip more -- including at businesses where tipping wasn't traditionally expected.
Tipping amounts also appear to have been impacted by inflation.
Tipping prompts at some point-of-sale terminals increasingly suggest amounts ranging from 18 to 30 per cent, though another amount can be manually added.
That's often on top of tax and higher menu prices overall.
"It seems like now 15 per cent is rude," Green said.
"There's been a huge drop in service, at least in my experience at restaurants since the pandemic, which I totally understand why it's happening. But prices are also more expensive and then I'm being asked to tip 25 per cent as a preset option."
For some, it's a fair price to pay to ensure hard-working hospitality professionals earn a living wage.

Heres a tip, no one likes walls of text

If you're asked to, then it's not a fucking tip.

R1masher posted...

Heres a tip, no one likes walls of text

It's just an article

wackyteen posted...

It's just an article

Megan Le Stallion

wackyteen posted...

It's just an article

youre an article

I went in to pick up a pizza the other night. Wasn't dining in or being served or w.e.

And the terminal asks for a tip. I put in 0%.

I tip (pretty generously) when I dine in, and I tip when I get something delivered. I'm not tipping if I'm going in and actually getting it myself.

R1masher posted...

youre an article

Your mom's an article

Ryven posted...

Your mom's an article

my mother was a saint

Saint Momma the patron saint of car seats

I am honestly surprised the self checkouts in grocery stores are not asking me for a tip yet.

HagenEx posted...

If you're asked to, then it's not a fucking tip.

It's glorified panhandling at that point

I remember being back in Toronto last year and every bubble tea shop i visited had a POS system with tip options at the front counter.... where I collected my drinks. Even the ones where they had self ordering kiosks....

fuck that noise lmao

Hopefully all the workers who get paid tips walk out on their employers until things change

American here

To all Canadians. I apologize for infecting your culture with the evil that is tipping