If Apple starts doing this, everyone else will too, and they will drop everyone down to tipping wages across the industry and all the cost increase will be on us to make up while the companies make record profits. Just like they’ve been making record profits since the pandemic and yet they keep citing “inflation” which is completely made up because their profits wouldn’t be so high it they were just adjusting for inflation.
Make tipping illegal and require a living wage! And if companies don’t pay a fair wage for the work produced, people wont work there. You’ve seen that happen since the pandemic. Tons of low-income labor was deported, while tons of people retired early. People were able to move up to better paying positions. The tipping system in the US is so jacked up. You’re expected to tip even for poor service, which makes me wonder why the customer has to pay an employee’s wages?
Don’t get me wrong, I tip, but tipping amounts keep going up too. I hear people talking about how 30-35% is the standard rate now, with 40-50% for a good job. Excuse me? When I was younger back in the 2000s I would tip 20% for an amazing job, 15% for average, and 10% for poor, and 25 cents tor abysmal. And I can only think of one abysmal—waitress sat over to the far corner of the restaurant (it wasn’t busy) chatting with friends the whole time and never once checked on us. Once we finally flagged her down, she says “Why didn’t you tell me your food was wrong.” After I had finished eating it. OKAY. Not to mention our empty drinks. Only time I genuinely got upset at a worker, but even then she still got a quarter.
And for these reasons we barely eat out anymore except for special occasions. Or I order carryout, which they also expect a tip for just handing me my bag of food? Nope. I refuse that. But they are probably spitting on my food when they see no tip. And so I don’t do that often. You know what I’ve done? I’ve gotten really good at cooking at home. Between my smoker, charcoal grill and pizza oven, I can make all the tasty things. And it saves us a ton! Screw this stupid culture of tipping such high amounts. With YouTube anyone with half a brain can make amazing food at home. Our friends told us to open a restaurant, lol. And if I did I wouldn’t have tipping and pay them well! And I would advertise it as no tipping, which I’m sure would draw a lot of interest. But I would never because it’s difficult to open a successful restaurant.
And to reiterate to the dummies reading this comment that are probably frothing at the mouth, I’m not saying not to tip people. But I’m saying we need to replace it with a better system as a society—NOT expand it to places like Apple and the rest of retail!! These employees are only hastening their demise as many more people will shop online to avoid this.
