I think this is the most current general tipping thread. I thought I’d share this gift link here.
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I never considered that the tip I add to the credit card serves as a data point for consumer analysis. Maybe I’ll switch to cash tips on CC purchases. I prefer the tip to be something between the server and me, without the employer acting as Big Brother monitoring the server’s performance.
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When counter ordering and they give me a paper receipt to sign, I write CASH on the tip line and add a couple of dollars to the tip jar. This isn’t an option for completely online paying.
I think the silliest tip hustle was yesterday at a cannabis dispensary, where the device asked me to enter a tip even before I’d tapped my card. All the worker did was retrieve my online order from the shelf and process the payment.
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I generally tip my bud tender a buck, especially when they’ve given me a good recommendation in the past.
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I just came across the ultimate in tipping: when buying an item online, I was prompted for a tip. If there had not been a “No tip” option, I would have not bought it.
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Guess it can be done either way. The place my daughter has worked HS and college breaks pools and disributes tips as cash the next day, down to the penny, in little brown envelopes.
Then all the tips she receives during the biweek are reported to ADP and shown as taxable income along with her wages (including having SSI & MC, fed & state taxes withdrawn on the total).
I’m sure it is more of a hassle for their bookkeeper, but based on my daughter’s discussions at work the employees like having that extra $50 or whatever in hand asap.
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I triggered some angry Redditors recently.
I usually tip 10-15 percent or round up on take-out at independent businesses.
I don’t typical dine in unless it’s a patio that’s ventilated, and there’s only one ventilated patio with food I like enough to visit more than once, that’s open in Toronto from Oct to May, so I’m not tipping what I once did, and my dining out budget is probably one quarter of what it was in 2019.
I am still getting take-out around once a week.
I also tend to round up to even numbers at nice bakeries. It’s not a lot, but times are tough. An extra couple bucks at the end of the day for someone making minimum wage is okay with me
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I was at a restaurant recently picking up take-out and when I went to write in a tip on the credit card receipt, the woman at the register said not to bother to pay a tip because they don’t get them anyway. I should have asked if it was just the credit card thing, and maybe I should have handed her cash, but I didn’t have any with me. (For those in NJ, this was not one of the Chinese restaurants I frequent. Just so you know.)
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I guess it just depends.
I got a very big thank you from the employee at a fish and chips restaurant in small town Ontario when I tipped on take-out. I do try to tip in cash when I can.
We hired a young man to help us unload furniture. The service we used on the front end of the trip charged $225 an hour, 3 man minimum, 3 hours minimum, and charged at least one of the trips to/from their office in the time.
I got similar quotes from all the places I checked here on the back end. I guess it’s just not worth their time to do it for less.
This young man charged $70/hr, 2 hour minimum (from arrival to departure, no trip time counted against the price). So he charged us $140, and my son-in-law paid him $250. He about fell over.
(We still tipped the front-end guys but it was $100 total to split).
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We had a young man in yesterday for a plumbing job; we’ve used him for years, his father before that, and while I don’t have the numbers, I feel confident husband has tipped them well. I’m mentioning it because yesterday he let us know they’ve sold the business and he will now be working for the neighboring city.
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I was really surprised recently when I bought an item of clothing online, and was prompted for a tip. I hit the “no tip” option. What next? Prompts from Amazon?
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Oh no .
Yes. “Oh no” for us, but if he works for the city, perhaps he will have good benefits and a real pension. Can’t blame him for wanting that. 
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There is nothing more gratifying for both parties than the unexpected (or larger than expected) tip.
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I’ve been provoking people on the Toronto Food Reddit by saying I’d tip $5 cash on a $22 sandwich at an indie sandwich shop. My comment has been downloaded to -11 last time I checked. 
I totally would. I don’t buy soft drinks, and a $5 cash tip is appreciated.
I just can’t believe how cheap the Ontarian Food Redditors are compared to former Chowhounds.
I started tipping more after I started hanging out with more Chowhounds around 15 years ago, and I’ve never looked back.
As a very light drinker, I think tipping well also helps grease the wheel (in North America) , for a return visit, for better service and occasionally surprise freebies.
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Apparently, J Lo is cheap. And Ben is a good tipper
https://x.com/discokat56/status/1791307653429469534
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