Tipflation?!?!

[AK47bp]

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

You don’t.

But I could see if you came in asking for recommendations on what bud/strain to choose for your desired result and have lots of questions a tip would be appropriate.

[MontuckyFried]

But I could see if you came in asking for recommendations on what bud/strain to choose for your desired result and have lots of questions a tip would be appropriate.

I dunno. As a former retail worker, answering endless questions and helping customers in general used to be just kind of expected, right? Helping customers isn't above and beyond the job's criteria. It IS the job.

I'm really not liking the modern climate of acting like a worker doing the bare minimum is somehow deserving of a tip. Customer service has become ABYSMAL in so many places these days, where we're all encountering workers who act downright annoyed when you try and get some help with something.

Personally, I'm finding myself going back to my old standards when it comes to tipping. IF one gives me exceptional service, yeah Imma hook 'em up. However, if they give me shitty, grumpy service, then I have ZERO hesitation in smashing that skip button on the tip screen. And if it's self-serve anything? Then yeah, you can just GFY altogether. Maybe this started with those frozen yogurt shops! That's the earliest example of this nonsense I can think of. You pour your own stuff, you add all your own toppings, and literally all the cashier does is ring you up. Those guys are never helpful, so yeah. Screw tipping in those scenarios.

[summit]

You don’t.

But I could see if you came in asking for recommendations on what bud/strain to choose for your desired result and have lots of questions a tip would be appropriate.

If I ask the mattress salesman to help me find a mattress that fits my sleeping style, should I tip?

If I ask the librarian to recommend me a book, should I tip?

If I ask a grocery store deli counter person what cheese to buy, should I tip?

If a lifty bumps my chair, should I tip?

If I ask the hardware store person which thingy to buy, do they get a tip?

If I ask the liqour store guy whether this beer is good, do they get a tip?

Servers are tipped for service because they have below minimum wage hourly rates because tips are part of the expected earnings.

Fuck tipping retail (but only certain retail and not other people) who just do pretty basic components of their job, which includes knowing their product and service.

I see dispensary jobs starting at $25/hr. Some make commission. I'd support tipping them right after we start regularly tipping grocery store workers and nurses.

[XXX-er]

I think some of the whining about being asked for a tip is cuz the POS credit/ debit machine is improperly setup so it asks you for a tip

the kid at the butcher shop said here let me see that grabbed the terminal fiddles with it like he was playing a vidya game and the tip screen didnt show up again, all those systems work really well compared to the early days

[AK47bp]

What’s the standard way to tip a guide for a guided trip?

Just booked a 2hr ATV tour in Hawaii, it’s a side by side so just 1 ATV rented but the 3 of us ride in one. Cost is like $500 + before tax (tourist BS rates). I would usually give the guide a $20/$40 if they were good.

I’m not tipping 20% on a $500 overpriced activity.

What’s the standard?

[Mazderati]

I think some of the whining about being asked for a tip is cuz the POS credit/ debit machine is improperly setup so it asks you for a tip

Feature; not bug. It converts tipping from passive opting-in to active opting-out.

[summit]

What’s the standard way to tip a guide for a guided trip?

Just booked a 2hr ATV tour in Hawaii, it’s a side by side so just 1 ATV rented but the 3 of us ride in one. Cost is like $500 + before tax (tourist BS rates). I would usually give the guide a $20/$40 if they were good.

I’m not tipping 20% on a $500 overpriced activity.

What’s the standard?

How many people on the tour?

Does the SxS "guide" deserve a larger tip than a taxi driver?

Sometimes I figure out what their equivalent hourly rate is with a given tip from the group. I'm sure as heck not tipping people such that they end up making more than I make an hour unless they did something spectacular.

Similar to how you don't tip 20% on an expensive bottle of wine because you effectively are paying an individual $30 for 6 minutes spent recommending/grabbing a bottle/pooping a cork and pouring 4 glasses. That's like $300/hr just for wine tips. Serving isn't open heart surgery.

Jumps back to the "hey tip $1/$2/$3/can to the town employee handing out cans at the beer tent" well now that town employee is making $50-100/hr plus their town employee wage. Does that make sense to anyone?

[XXX-er]

Feature; not bug. It converts tipping from passive opting-in to active opting-out.

well it was a new terminal in the local butcher shop owned by dutch people in a town with 2000 dutchmen

they were not expecting a tip

[Ted Striker]

Feature; not bug. It converts tipping from passive opting-in to active opting-out.

Exactly. Plus Square gets a commission on tips (which is insane)

[skaredshtles]

Need to VS choose to. Entirely different things.



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.

Not to mention that before you really had NO fuckin' idea what you were actually getting. And edibles... remember when your buddy would make brownies out of god-only-knows what and you'd eat one and lose a whole day to sloth?

[BCMtnHound]

well it was a new terminal in the local butcher shop owned by dutch people in a town with 2000 dutchmen

they were not expecting a tip

This is funny cause it’s absolutely true.

[BCMtnHound]

What’s the standard way to tip a guide for a guided trip?

Just booked a 2hr ATV tour in Hawaii, it’s a side by side so just 1 ATV rented but the 3 of us ride in one. Cost is like $500 + before tax (tourist BS rates). I would usually give the guide a $20/$40 if they were good.

I’m not tipping 20% on a $500 overpriced activity.

What’s the standard?

I think you are in the ballpark. Standard good service, pleasant and considerate, guide deserves a case of beer. If they take you to a totally private, extra special spot, or put up with a less than desirable passenger, maybe twenty more. Definitely under $50, unless the guide has to perform emergency surgery cause someone got their arm snagged trying to take a selfie from outside the cage, doing 30kph down the trail.

[XXX-er]

I was once told " not a good place to open a restaurant, 2000 dutchmen and they don't go out for dinner "

[Rideski]

If I ask the mattress salesman to help me find a mattress that fits my sleeping style, should I tip?

If I ask the librarian to recommend me a book, should I tip?

If I ask a grocery store deli counter person what cheese to buy, should I tip?

If a lifty bumps my chair, should I tip?

If I ask the hardware store person which thingy to buy, do they get a tip?

If I ask the liqour store guy whether this beer is good, do they get a tip?

Servers are tipped for service because they have below minimum wage hourly rates because tips are part of the expected earnings.

Fuck tipping retail (but only certain retail and not other people) who just do pretty basic components of their job, which includes knowing their product and service.

I see dispensary jobs starting at $25/hr. Some make commission. I'd support tipping them right after we start regularly tipping grocery store workers and nurses.

I like passing out $1 bills to the lifties towards the end of the season

[MontuckyFried]

Exactly. Plus Square gets a commission on tips (which is insane)

And THERE you just isolated the core root of the whole issue. Credit card processors/POS services are the ones who are ACTUALLY behind this whole trend. Square is making ludicrous amounts of money.

[Harry]

If a lifty bumps my chair, should I tip?

I’ve always tipped Lifty’s.

On select days I cruze around the mountain with a backpack full of Fireball shooters and pre-rolls. Passing out party favors to lift op, patrollers, mechanics, anybody else I see.

Buddy of mine in Big Sky has an insulated backpack that he puts a crock pot full of elk chili in, along with foam soup bowls and plastic spoons. On a -20F day the Lifty’s love it when he rolls in.




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[muted reborn]

I’ve always tipped Lifty’s.

On select days I cruze around the mountain with a backpack full of Fireball shooters and pre-rolls. Passing out party favors to lift op, patrollers, mechanics, anybody else I see.

Buddy of mine in Big Sky has an insulated backpack that he puts a crock pot full of elk chili in, along with foam soup bowls and plastic spoons. On a -20F day the Lifty’s love it when he rolls in.




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The chili idea is pretty impressive considering the logisitics.

Maybe I should hand out cans of chili at restaurants when a tip isn't exactly warranted but I want to say thank you?

[Rideski]

The lifties thing is fun because it's not expected. Makes their day frequently. But if it was expected a dollar for every bump every day, that would get real old real quick.

[XXX-er]

some Cities in Yurp there are free walking tours, you bookthem on-line usually its a masters student speaking good english

buddy will say " of course its not really free so if you like my tour give a tip "

did them in spain and portugal

barcelona i did a street art tour which was very cool

[old goat]

How much do you tip the docent tour guide in a museum?

[Ted Striker]

...in a town with 2000 dutchmen

Wooden shoes, wouldn't tip

[Ted Striker]

FKNA Harry. That's how you roll.

[XXX-er]

Wooden shoes, wouldn't tip

you know that the dutch invented copper wire when 2 of them were arguing over a penny

[XXX-er]

How much do you tip the docent tour guide in a museum?

I think I gave the tour guides 10 euro for a few hrs of talking and it looked like everyone was so he was doing OK

[Tri-Ungulate]

you know that the dutch invented copper wire when 2 of them were arguing over a penny

There are only two things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures...

...and the Dutch.