No Millennials, I will not tip you for putting my bagel in a bag.

lol, as someone who has worked in a coffee shop and frequented lots of coffee shops, I can say it is not fun to be in either position.

It feels incredibly stupid to ask for a tip when I just filled your coffee cup, but it also feels bad to get $6 an hour

You dont tip at Mcdonalds not even an option so why tip at a place where the workers do less.

At least fast food workers hustle.

Ill tip if they make me a drink like a latte/mocha but a bagel or drip coffee that's a hard pass

I only tip hot chix.

Do you think 'expecting to be tipped for doing a straightforward job' is a new thing started by millennials in coffee shops?

nomil wrote:

I will tip you if you bring me my food on a plate, fill my water glass and take my plate away when I'm done. I will not tip you if you take a bagel off a shelf and put it in a bag. You fancy white touch screen with a smiley face and suggested tip percentage will not sway me. Sorry.

Wow, triggered much?

I'm tempted to give up tipping. The most I tipped was $16. I paid for a double espresso machiato and the waitress was so cute that I told her to keep the change from my 20 and treat herself to something nice. Annoyingly the place was empty and while I sat there drinking it and smiling at her so didn't offer to return the favor in any way. When I left I told her it was the best coffee I've ever had. I asked her would she come to watch a movie with me later but she said she has a bf. Is there a way of getting my tip back because I just got robbed of $16. I didn't know what to say so I just pretended my phone was ringing and left the place. If I return to this place am I entitled to $16 worth of free coffee and stuff?

Discomfort. You do not want to offend the cashier but you do not tip a cashier.

Went to a chain coffee/bakery shop a few weeks ago with 3 unrelated kids - wanted to play chess on the patio while I took care of some business next door. Got them two bagels and a cinnamon roll and three sodas - $20. I asked the cashier for different plates and to have the cinnamon roll heated. Nice young lady had difficulty with the cinnamon roll. Dropped it on the counter twice. To my surprise, she attempted to reassemble the pieces on the same plate with the bagels. I asked her to replace the roll. She huffed, gave me a dirty look but she complied (placing the damaged on the tray so it could be purchased by another customer). Then she placed the new cinnamon roll on the same plate with the two bagels and microwaved them all together. Turns out a small container of butter had managed to sneak under one of the bagels.

Had enough so I kept it shut. Then came the suggestion for a 20% tip.

Minimum wage should require minimum something.

nomil wrote:

I will tip you if you bring me my food on a plate, fill my water glass and take my plate away when I'm done. I will not tip you if you take a bagel off a shelf and put it in a bag. You fancy white touch screen with a smiley face and suggested tip percentage will not sway me. Sorry.

I've always wondered how those tips got distributed. Do they go to the cashier on duty at the time, or just get shared with everyone?

Don’t blame millennials, blame the system for designing tips to push costs to the consumer instead of predictable wages for the service industry.

I always give them a $10 tip for that. ? It's a rotten, stinkin, low-paying job they have to do.

trollism wrote:

Do you think 'expecting to be tipped for doing a straightforward job' is a new thing started by millennials in coffee shops?

The recent change is that a lot of places have made tipping opt-out instead of opt-in. It used to be that coffee shops and pizza places had a tip jar on the counter and offered a line on your credit card slip to add a tip if desired. Now, you are presented with a screen with a 20% tip preselected, and you have to change your selection to "no tip" if you don't wish to tip.

It used to be the norm to not tip at these kinds of establishments, but the option existed if the service was especially good or if you asked for something burdensome and wanted to show some appreciation. They are trying to switch things so that it becomes the norm to tip, and the exception to opt out.

agree-the "negative option billing" is a bit of a drag-sorry I'm not going to tip pick-up service-at least in Canada where the minimum wage is decent now at $15.00/hour...

This country is full of low-paying jobs! wrote:

I always give them a $10 tip for that. ? It's a rotten, stinkin, low-paying job they have to do.

You should really be tipping the employees cleaning the bathrooms not someone pushing buttons.

This country is full of low-paying jobs! wrote:

I always give them a $10 tip for that. ? It's a rotten, stinkin, low-paying job they have to do.

There are lots of low paying jobs. Do you tip the guy mopping the floor at the grocery store too?

Cheech wrote:

I only tip hot chix.

+1

nomil wrote:

I will tip you if you bring me my food on a plate, fill my water glass and take my plate away when I'm done. I will not tip you if you take a bagel off a shelf and put it in a bag. You fancy white touch screen with a smiley face and suggested tip percentage will not sway me. Sorry.

Why blame the young employee?

I bet their boss bought and decided to use the fancy touch screen with a tip option.

I bet their boss also can pay them less in the knowledge that some customers will bump up the hourly rate with occasional tips.

You’re directing your anger at the wrong person.

ubcrazy wrote:

This country is full of low-paying jobs! wrote:

I always give them a $10 tip for that. ? It's a rotten, stinkin, low-paying job they have to do.

There are lots of low paying jobs. Do you tip the guy mopping the floor at the grocery store too?

Not quite...but I do tip the guy who has to clean the johns at the gym I work out at. ?

This country is full of low-paying jobs! wrote:

ubcrazy wrote:

There are lots of low paying jobs. Do you tip the guy mopping the floor at the grocery store too?

Not quite...but I do tip the guy who has to clean the johns at the gym I work out at. ?

Nice. Eating arse is probably equal to a 30% tip.

If your boss sucks that bad...quit.

As someone who is lower income and still does 4-20 hours community volunteer work a week, I have little sympathy for these "oppressed" service workers.