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If you think a $.50 tip is in order, then tip half the time. $.25, a quarter, etc.

GoT

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If you think a $.50 tip is in order, then tip half the time. $.25, a quarter, etc.

GoT

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That bugs me, though, because the times I don't tip he's going to look at me and be thinking, "why aren't you tipping? you did last time."

I like to be consistent.

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i was picturing a sleepers type situation when i read the title of this thread. Sleepers? bacon, pitt etc

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I know he's not getting rich, and I like to support him by eating there a lot. I just think having the tip jar out is dumb and a little bit underhanded.

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That bugs me, though, because the times I don't tip he's going to look at me and be thinking, "why aren't you tipping? you did last time."

I like to be consistent.

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I think you're looking too far into it, but if he were to say something like that, he's also like to say "Here's the scheisty non-tipping [censored] again" when you never tip, as opposed to "Oh here comes SomethingClever, who's a nice guy, he tips me every now and then."

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I don't see how having a tip jar is underhanded. He's making you burritos which you apparently like, he's not making a lot of money doing it, but he's probably putting a lot of effort into making those burritos, and he's just kinda saying "If you appreciate what I'm doing, throw me an extra buck every now and then."

At least that's how I'd see it.

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I know he's not getting rich, and I like to support him by eating there a lot. I just think having the tip jar out is dumb and a little bit underhanded.

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I don't understand how it's any more underhanded than the local Starbucks or Subway having one. Yes, I understand the tips in this case are going to the owner/operator, but what's the difference in principle? The person doing the work and directly providing the service is still the one getting the tip. If you don't tip for those services because the employees are paid a full wage and only tip for waitress type service where they're paid under minimum, how do you know that the owner/operator isn't netting less than the equivalent of minimum wage for every hour of their time?

GoT

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"If you appreciate what I'm doing, throw me an extra buck every now and then."

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WHY?!?!

if you walk into some store like wal-mart and see something you like, at a cheap price, do you ever say "wow.. i really appreciate what the founder of wal-mart is doing, maybe i will send him a few bucks in the mail"

is it because he is rich that you don't do that? so it's not about the service at all, it's about charity?

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I don't get why every time a tipping thread comes up, people are so dead set against throwing a buck or two to a guy who does you a service.

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Because this is not a service. It's retail.

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I don't get why every time a tipping thread comes up, people are so dead set against throwing a buck or two to a guy who does you a service.

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Because this is not a service. It's retail.

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thanks.. i think this is what i'm trying to say