Tipflation?!?!

[teletripper]

I'm just waiting for the tip option at the self checkouts..

I saw this at a self checkout at Sky Harbor airport last month. No fucking tip.

[old goat]

It's best to tip up front when buying beers, lest in your alcoholic stupor you miscalculate by a decimal place or two when it's time to settle up.

[mcski]

I saw this at a self checkout at Sky Harbor airport last month. No fucking tip.

Not satisfied with your service?

[Kevo]

I picked up two pizzas from the local pizza place Friday- cost before tip was $48.

I paid online and the online checkout system was promoting for a 20% top for a pick up order. I did a custom $4 tip- like is it that much work for the guy at the counter to grab my pizza and hand it to me? How on earth should that earn a 20% tip. I feel like $4 for 10 seconds of work is more than enough.

Pre-covid, I don't think there was much of an expectation of tipping for pick up order. During Covid shutdowns there was a push to tip for pickup orders because you couldn't eat in person. But now I'm kind of at a loss.

What is a reasonable tip for a pick up order?

[Rideski]

To bring it full circle, when the wait staff was making $2.35 per hour, yeah tips made a lot of sense. But when I was hand tossing pizzas as a teen, I didn't get any cut of the tip jar. I never agreed with the $2 p/h and that's why I ditched that as a job before I got out of school. Now you have teenage Starbucks baristas making $20p/h aka $40k per year but the same tip logic is supposed to apply? Plus if the place is adding house gratuity etc on top of the inflated base price? I bet the small restaurants will milk it a while and then we'll see some going the other way. ie Casa Bonita nipping the whole tip portion of the equation.

[Mazderati]

Consumers have an uphill battle because the house and its staff both benefit from a tipping policy. NPR had a good segment on the other week talking about the issue. One piece of the puzzle I didn't know about is the difference in tax burden between tipping vs no tipping policies. One restauranteur said his monthly tax burden under a tipping policy was multiple thousands less than under a no tipping policy.

Gramercy Tavern was notable for its no tipping policy for a number of years. It was fantastic. But, even they relented and went back to tipping.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/d...r-no-tips.html

[AK47bp]

I thought a pickup order where something was made for you should be max 10%.

Pre-made is 0%

[Bunion 2020]

Good buddy of mine was a professional bartender. That was his job and he was good at it although at times he was a little embarrassed to be a 50+ year old bartender.

The place he worked was mostly staffed by an never-ending rotation of young folks coming and going and he had been there 20+ years. We talked about his money situation quite a bit at times and what he was taking home VS what he was declaring. He made excellent money from tips and his base wage up until around 2010/12and for various reasons people smarter than me can explain his take home began to fall behind the rising costs of living.

[ex-powderbroker]

Consumers have an uphill battle because the house and its staff both benefit from a tipping policy. NPR had a good segment on the other week talking about the issue. One piece of the puzzle I didn't know about is the difference in tax burden between tipping vs no tipping policies. One restauranteur said his monthly tax burden under a tipping policy was multiple thousands less than under a no tipping policy.

Gramercy Tavern was notable for its no tipping policy for a number of years. It was fantastic. But, even they relented and went back to tipping.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/d...r-no-tips.html

I salivate at the mention of the name Gramercy Tavern. Best Restaurant Week meal I ever had.

[yeahman]

What is a reasonable tip for a pick up order?

From $2-$5. You were right in there.

[spanky]

I get this feeling the TRGs are being used for news story subjects (just like the upstates thread).

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/11848...nd-tip-flation

https://www.thestreet.com/restaurant...hts-on-tipping

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/05/11851...inflation-tips

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/05/etiq...ot-to-tip.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiplfla...tips-backlash/

All articles are since this thread started and all mention tipflation. Coincidence? No

[Harry]

How much am I supposed to tip the Budtender at a dispensary ?

[Bunion 2020]

No matter what I buy they get a tip.

Shop up the street is selling 1/2 GR pre-rolls for 6 bucks. They get a buck just because.

Another shop up the street is owned by a cadre of Lesbians. Supper nice and good product.

Didja know 4-corners has the highest concentration of dispensaries in the US.

[Buzzworthy]

Couple a bucks each time. There’s a $3 state fee here in top of your purchase so there’s always a few dollar bills left over from whatever the bill came to. Theirs.

[rideit]

Didja know 4-corners has the highest concentration of dispensaries in the US.

I wish West would open up a shop. But I bet proximity to YNP, where it is still a federal offense, has something to do with why not. Just a guess.

[XXX-er]

today I was buying bacon at the local butcher shop and the M/C asked me for a tip but i think it was a misteak, buddy took the m/c back and fiddled with it

[rideit]

I see what you did there, and it was a painfully undercooked joke.

[Harry]

I wish West would open up a shop. But I bet proximity to YNP, where it is still a federal offense, has something to do with why not. Just a guess.

There is a dispensary in West Yellowstone. It’s owned by a friend of mine. How do you live in Jackson and not know about this ?

https://lonepeakcannabiscompany.com/...t-yellowstone/

[Buzzworthy]

There is a dispensary in West Yellowstone. It’s owned by a friend of mine. Your buddy Djongo is on their frequent flier program.

https://lonepeakcannabiscompany.com/...t-yellowstone/

Utah rosin is 2x that price.
Flower is $10 more an eighth here.

[digitaldeath]

Why aren’t you buying off the black market, you square?


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[Buzzworthy]

Because I’ve grown up and doing things legally now. Well, for the most part. Ask your mom how that works.

[digitaldeath]

Then you get taxed like a chump and whine my rosin my rosin! Real grown up


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[Buzzworthy]

Then you get taxed like a chump and whine my rosin my rosin! Real grown up


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Fact is different than whine. You’ll figure shit out when you grow up. I have faith in ya

[summit]

Wait so if you go buy some gummies you need to tip? Why?

[Bunion 2020]

Need to VS choose to. Entirely different things.

Then you get taxed like a chump and whine my rosin my rosin! Real grown up

Taxed? Maybe so but I can buy an 1/8 of good quality for < 15 bucks. In the past a 1/4 was 80-100 bucks. Legalization has brought prices way down even with the added taxes.