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Tipping Has Become Emotional Blackmail
Matt Walsh youtube ^ | July 9, 2025 | Matt Walsh

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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1 posted on 07/10/2025 5:44:04 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

I only tip when tipping is earned.


2 posted on 07/10/2025 5:45:26 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Morgana

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.


3 posted on 07/10/2025 5:49:48 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Morgana

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.


4 posted on 07/10/2025 5:50:05 AM PDT by reed13k
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To: Morgana

He’s right. The percentages have got out of control, too.


5 posted on 07/10/2025 5:50:30 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: crusty old prospector

Tipping should always be voluntary. I try to stay away from enforced tipping.


6 posted on 07/10/2025 5:51:22 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: Morgana

“Would you like to ‘Round up’ to help starving children in Botswana?”

It’s EXTORTION.


7 posted on 07/10/2025 5:51:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Morgana

Pizza place wanted a $10 tip for large pie & 3 sodas brought to our table. Unreal.


8 posted on 07/10/2025 5:53:35 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: Morgana

9 posted on 07/10/2025 5:53:49 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: 9YearLurker

percentages should go down to 10% now that they aren’t being taxed on tips.


10 posted on 07/10/2025 5:54:08 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: Morgana

If some goes to the trouble of serving my meal they will fet a tip: “Don’t stare directly into the sun.”


11 posted on 07/10/2025 5:54:18 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Are you now, or have you ever been, a Democrat?)
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To: reed13k

Haircuts and donut shops I pay by plastic, but I give the worker cash, they appreciate it.


12 posted on 07/10/2025 5:54:48 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Morgana

I pay cash to skip screens where they demand tips.

Never tip except drivers, sit down servers, bartenders, bellman, and curbside luggage people.


13 posted on 07/10/2025 5:54:49 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: Morgana

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.


14 posted on 07/10/2025 5:56:14 AM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: imabadboy99

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.


15 posted on 07/10/2025 5:56:31 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Red Badger

I’ll respond, “no, I’m a Malthusian. The solution to starving people is less people.”


16 posted on 07/10/2025 5:56:40 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: imabadboy99

Also, used to be just on the base amount of the bill, not with the tax added in.


17 posted on 07/10/2025 5:57:14 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Red Badger

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.


18 posted on 07/10/2025 5:59:57 AM PDT by okkev68
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To: Red Badger

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.


19 posted on 07/10/2025 6:00:55 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

MY only charity is St. Jude’s in Memphis.....................


20 posted on 07/10/2025 6:02:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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