I don’t tip. Unless it’s a bit of cash to my Uber or cab driver for helping with luggage or something. Other than that, nope. It’s not my responsibility to pay your employees - and that’s assuming they even get the tip money which so often they don’t.
I only tip if the service was above and beyond expectation. As you said: it’s not meant to subsidize their actual pay. It’s a tip. And if I tip, I make sure the person I am tipping gets cash directly in their hand. Under the table if necessary.
That would be a valid point in cases where the employee isn’t being paid below minimum wage. In restaurants in America, it literally, legally, does subsidize their pay.
I don’t tip. Unless it’s a bit of cash to my Uber or cab driver for helping with luggage or something. Other than that, nope. It’s not my responsibility to pay your employees - and that’s assuming they even get the tip money which so often they don’t.
I only tip if the service was above and beyond expectation. As you said: it’s not meant to subsidize their actual pay. It’s a tip. And if I tip, I make sure the person I am tipping gets cash directly in their hand. Under the table if necessary.
That would be a valid point in cases where the employee isn’t being paid below minimum wage. In restaurants in America, it literally, legally, does subsidize their pay.
You misunderstand. It’s not my job to subsidize their pay.