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BrandonLang OP t1_iug2e85 wrote

Reply to comment by saucyB52 in When someone in the service industry is angry with their tip, they’re not mad at you they’re mad at their job by BrandonLang

Im debating whether to write this, but i made this post because i got a 60 dollar massage and when it was over i gave the masseuse an 8 dollar tip and she looked at it and her face just got mad and she stopped being nice. And all i could think was “you picked this work not me”. I enjoy your service i was kind and appreciative of your time, i even paid more than what the price was, but you still get mad. Im just personally happy i dont do service work anymore because its very hard to be satisfied. Now if a tip was mandatory included as a service charge i wouldn’t care. Thats the price of the work. 60 for the massage and a 20 percent charge for the masseuse. That makes sense, its included in the price and if you feel really good you can give them more.

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Cold_Ad7725 t1_iuh002i wrote

First, I think we can all agree. We are glad as well that you don’t work in the service industry. I have a feeling our table would be waiting a very long time for our food, then finally receiving it only to realize it’s cold. I’m not sure if you know this, but in certain circumstances a tip can me mandatory I guess you can say. It’s called gratuity..and it’s added to the bill. As servers,we often struggle with this decision. When you make the choice to add gratuity, you can usually only ask for 15% instead of the standard 20% people tip. When your a good server and your customers appreciate you, I’ve even gotten 30, 40, 50 percent. Usually you get an idea if the table is occupied with…(I’ll say, fugal customers) opposed to generous ones. In your case, I’d immediately put you with the “fugal’s” and at least get the 15% out of you. Ugh. Unreal. What’s so much worse though, is you having this sort of..entitled, pompous attitude, even trying to justify your embarrassing $8 tip when it’s SO apparent just how ignorant you are, and frankly Cheap AF. Not a good look. At all.

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Competitive_Film2833 t1_iujvy3u wrote

Wow wtf are you even talking about, it's not like the masseuse was making 2.13 an hour, it's a different situation. $8 is very close to 15% as it is i'm not sure why you thought this was a server or something.

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