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btimbit · 09-19-2022, 08:44 AM

People on the internet are quick to claim they don't want to tip, but in the real world, restaurants that ask for no tips then raise their prices to accommodate that tend to do quite poorly because to the average person they seem to be more expensive

The two restaurants in Calgary that I've been to in the last few years that offer no tipping, had awful service and overpriced menu items. Yeah it's a total anecdotal fallacy, but there's a reason restaurants even in the last 10 years that have done the same thing tend to fail

I firmly believe any change in this department needs to come from the Government, PLUS an education campaign on how this isn't the US and everyone here makes at least minimum wage.

But we already have a too long of a list of things under the category: "We aren't the US, stop acting like it" before we need to worry about tipping

but if a coffee place hands you a debit machine and the tip options start at 20%, and you feel too pressured to hit the "other" button, then that's on you being an idiot. Don't blame them for taking advantage of you being soft

09-19-2022, 08:44 AM	#61
btimbit Franchise Player Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: St. George's, Grenada Exp:	People on the internet are quick to claim they don't want to tip, but in the real world, restaurants that ask for no tips then raise their prices to accommodate that tend to do quite poorly because to the average person they seem to be more expensive The two restaurants in Calgary that I've been to in the last few years that offer no tipping, had awful service and overpriced menu items. Yeah it's a total anecdotal fallacy, but there's a reason restaurants even in the last 10 years that have done the same thing tend to fail I firmly believe any change in this department needs to come from the Government, PLUS an education campaign on how this isn't the US and everyone here makes at least minimum wage. But we already have a too long of a list of things under the category: "We aren't the US, stop acting like it" before we need to worry about tipping but if a coffee place hands you a debit machine and the tip options start at 20%, and you feel too pressured to hit the "other" button, then that's on you being an idiot. Don't blame them for taking advantage of you being soft Last edited by btimbit; 09-19-2022 at 08:47 AM.