The electronic tip begging is something that needs addressing

[Aviation Pro]

First off, it’s the worst kept secret that corporations like Starbucks use this deceptive practice to pay their employees their wage not as a supplement to their already low wages.

Second, you know Motherfucker Krasnov’s lie about not taxing “tips?” Are we connecting the dots on that grift? Yeah, because I did and fuck him.

Finally, if you want to tip, carry some ones and fives and put them in tip jars. The employees really appreciate it and will extend all sorts of extra courtesies because they know you know.

[pdxflyboy]

1. Aviation Pro, please educate me.

Are you saying that when we give electronic tips, the full amount does not go to the employees?

[Aviation Pro]

2. Yep

Worst kept corporate secret.

(Confirmed by employees).

[pdxflyboy]

3. DAMN

[TheBlackAdder]

4. Sure is. Some places divide the tips with the managers, other small shops the owners will keep the entire thing.

Always tip in cash directly to the recipient.

[Kingofalldems]

5. In a Subway recently and asked this same question.

Employee said the company gets it all.

[GenThePerservering]

6. That's good to know!

I almost never use cash but do carry a little and will start popping it into the tip jars.

This answers the question of why, in a region where cash isn't used a lot, the tip jars ALWAYS have it.

[B.See]

7. Wow. Didn't know that. Suspected

it, but thanks for confirming.

My tips on our footlong tunas with pepperjack on Italian herb, varies, depending on whether they scrape those tiny scoops, flat. But now I know to carry some cash (I never do) to make sure it all goes to whom it should.

What gets me are the places where u have to pay up front before you get your food.

[msongs]

8. u pay up front for a movie and to buy a car. what's special about food considering all the thieves who eat n run nt

[B.See]

9. Well, for one,

you generally don't tip to buy a movie ticket or buy a car.

Food however, especially in a restaurant, is different because it includes the possibility that the quality of your food may (or may not be) influenced by the amount you tip.

I am of the (growingly diminishing) old school of thought that still holds that the amount (percentage) one tips should not be determined by edict, but a reflection of appreciation for the quality of service rendered.