[Porsche-O-Phile]

The expectation of tips is ridiculous. They should be considered a rare and special gift if and when they’re ever bestowed on someone.

This is one of the many reasons I love spending time in Europe - they “get it”. Service jobs pay real, fair wages and tips are not expected at all - even considered a bit gauche.

If we paid service people what they were really worth for doing their jobs then there’d be no need to tip - or to get them to agree to basically slave labor wages with the promise that “oh you’ll make it up in tips” (from someone else - meaning “I’m too cheap to pay you and / or don’t value you at all”).

The system in the USA is bass-ackwards and reinforces this silliness.

That said, I get really annoyed that EVERYONE has a tip jar on their counter nowadays. Sorry and maybe I’m a cheapskate but NO!!! I’m not tipping you for just doing your job. If you are genuinely exceptional or in feeling charitable, sure... but it’s a big turn-off to me as a customer seeing people EXPECT it just for doing their jobs.