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Posted on 07/10/2025 5:44:04 AM PDT by Morgana
Matt Walsh exposes how tipping culture has spiraled out of control—from sit-down restaurants to self-checkout screens. It’s not generosity anymore, it’s emotional blackmail.
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I only tip when tipping is earned.
There are placed I tip, and I tip generously.
There are places where I don’t tip. And I feel nothing about it.
With a $25,000 a year deduction for tip income expect to see more places try to move the employee compensation to a tip model.
Grow a thick skin and don’t buy into the “tip culture.” I find it hilarious when someone tries to force me through a 25% tip screen for buying a donut. Even the employees are embarrassed.
When I had a waitress follow me into the parking lot to protest the 20% tip I gave at a business lunch 20 years ago I was done with tipping.
If it’s a sit down meal or a haircut I give 15% and that’s it.
The new thing with fast food places and other stuff having a tip on the card reader I just pass on by.
He’s right. The percentages have got out of control, too.
Tipping should always be voluntary. I try to stay away from enforced tipping.
“Would you like to ‘Round up’ to help starving children in Botswana?”
It’s EXTORTION.
Pizza place wanted a $10 tip for large pie & 3 sodas brought to our table. Unreal.
percentages should go down to 10% now that they aren’t being taxed on tips.
If some goes to the trouble of serving my meal they will fet a tip: “Don’t stare directly into the sun.”
Haircuts and donut shops I pay by plastic, but I give the worker cash, they appreciate it.
I pay cash to skip screens where they demand tips.
Never tip except drivers, sit down servers, bartenders, bellman, and curbside luggage people.
About a year ago I ate at an airport restaurant. When I asked for my bill, the waitress pointed to a QR code and told me that I had to pay with that.
Grudgingly, I did. I had to manually enter my credit card info after navigating their website.
Since the waitress only did 2/3 of her job (take order, deliver food) She only got 2/3 of the normal tip (10%)
The restaurant stupidly included a survey then had the temerity to reply that I was wrong for not loving their new system and not fully tipping their waitress.
I replied by telling them that I travel 50-60% of the time for my job, eat out a lot and won’t be patronizing TGI Friday any more.
I’ve seen them inch up from 10% over the decades. There was no reason for that at all, beyond indeed the blackmail of Americans always eager to show that they’re nice enough.
I’ll respond, “no, I’m a Malthusian. The solution to starving people is less people.”
Also, used to be just on the base amount of the bill, not with the tax added in.
That is driving me nuts. Every checkout at every store now gives you the option to round up to help some cause. Plus, most of the time, some group is setup outside the store asking for donations or selling something.
There are many times when I would consider rounding up , if I could know for certain the money wasn’t going towards Gender Surgeries for Preschoolers or something so bizarre and objectional as that. Nowadays, you just don’t know unless you research each charity. There remain some charities that I hope have remained above reproach. I would hope that McDonald’s Charity for kids with cancer remains free from such bad decision making.
MY only charity is St. Jude’s in Memphis.....................
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