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Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 01:59:05 JST Thorwegian ❄️

tipping isn't customary in Scandinavia. but would you tip if a meal with a soft drink cost $30, and a draft beer routinely cost $12? waiters have little incentive to suck up to you. the "tip" is already included in their paycheques.

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- Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 01:58:56 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:
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  @thor @rzasharifi unfortunately tips are now implied in places where it never did before (cases where very little "service" is required) which I think dissuades people from tipping when it has been more customary. Also the cost of food at restaurants drives the bill up which then makes it harder for someone to afford the typical tip percentages.
  
  I wouldn't say "underpay" in all honesty. They are allowed to pay less than "minimum wage" because tips are supposed to fill in the gap, but if a person is unable to reach minimum wage with tips, they can get into trouble. I've known people who made really good money with tips (usually female), and they may or may not have reported all of that income to the state which means they had the ability to keep more of their money than a person who's entire wage is coming from their employer who will deduct the tax from your check automatically. I imagine if a tip comes from a credit card instead of cash the tax is accounted for, but you didn't used to be able to pay tips on the card.
  
  I do think the culture of tipping is waning here so people today may not be able to make as much money as they once could, but I've had several friends that could make 150+ a night in tips alone in the earlier part of this century.
  
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- Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 01:58:57 JST Thorwegian ❄️
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  @rzasharifi in the United States and some other places, they underpay the waiters, and tips are how they make enough to survive. you are meant to tip extra if the service was good.
  
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- 🔥Rza🌾🕊🩸 (rzasharifi@berserker.town)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 01:59:04 JST 🔥Rza🌾🕊🩸
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  @thor my q. is, why we should give a tip?
  
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- Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 02:01:34 JST Flick 🇬🇧
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  @thatguyoverthere @thor @rzasharifi I’ve recently seen reports of self-service checkouts having an option to add a tip, and of someone paying for a self-service breakfast buffet and being required to choose between (iirc) 10, 15 and 20% tip (no option for no tip) on the credit card machine.
  
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- Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 02:01:34 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:
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  @Flick @rzasharifi @thor I have also seen a self checkout begging for tips :ablobweary:
  
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- 🔥Rza🌾🕊🩸 (rzasharifi@berserker.town)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 02:17:34 JST 🔥Rza🌾🕊🩸
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  @Flick awful @thor @thatguyoverthere
  
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