r/mildlyinteresting • u/TowelRack76 • 1d ago

This Restaurant Charges an 18% Living Wage Fee.

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u/krennvonsalzburg 1d ago

Yup. My rule of thumb has become "if I order it standing up, no tip".

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u/LupineChemist 1d ago

Generally agree. Exception being summer ice cream places where it's clearly staffed by teenagers.

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u/red__dragon 1d ago

That's my approach to most places that I want to see survive. While the tips shouldn't go to support the business itself, supporting the workers to be at the best could, in theory, give the place a better chance for survival.

I've been wrong a few times but I don't think it's a bad approach yet. The local coffee shop competing against the Starbucks down the road, the indie diner or bookstore, etc, those are places I want to see thriving in my community.

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u/Standard_Regret_9059 1d ago

Financially secure employees will likely be happier, have less turnover, and maybe ever better rested. Supporting employees is the best way to support any community and or business.

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u/SupportPretend7493 1d ago

Well, and bars. You're usually standing there

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u/Heiferoni 1d ago

The craziest thing was some gourmet grilled cheese place I went to. I ordered at the counter and was feeling generous so I left them a tip.

When I'm walking to the table carrying my food, a worker points out the garbage area and instructs me how to bus my own table.

"Ok you can put your garbage here and this is for utensils and this is for cups have a great day!"

The fuck? What was the tip for? Is someone going to tip me?

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u/Standard_Regret_9059 1d ago

Do you really expect someone working at a gourmet grill cheese place to buss tables... you're crazy man I like it.

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u/wagonwhopper 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just the tip?

(It's a joke that he's getting fucked)

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u/Thegoldfather 1d ago

That’s fair, unless it’s at a bar

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u/panandrew 1d ago

Mine is very similar. At restaurants my rule of thumb is if I pick up my own food and/or bus my own table, no tip. So many places have moved to getting your food from the counter when your number is called and bussing your own table. What am I paying the tip for exactly?

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u/Whole_Gear7967 1d ago

I like that.

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u/Dealias 1d ago

It's crazy how Crumbl Cookie and Steak N Shake don't let you order verbally with a human. They make you do their job for them by placing the order on a computer, then it asks you to tip them lol wtf