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Do you tip baristas?

Posted on 3/4/16 at 6:27 am
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
48945 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 6:27 am
Does their pay rely on tips?


If you do tip:

do you buy coffee daily and have rapport with the barista?

do you tip more because you get a fru-fru drink over black coffee?



I might buy coffee from a coffee shop 3 times a month, maybe. I'm just curious as to your practices


ETA: I usually tip $1
This post was edited on 3/4/16 at 6:31 am
Posted by brewhan davey
Audubon Place
Member since Sep 2010
32797 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 6:28 am to
Yes

What's another dollar or two?
This post was edited on 3/4/16 at 6:30 am
Posted by Evil Little Thing
Member since Jul 2013
11231 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 6:31 am to
If I'm paying with cash.
Posted by Jack Daniel
In the bottle
Member since Feb 2013
25490 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 6:33 am to
No. I have my own student loans to pay.
Posted by DrSteveBrule
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2009
12010 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 6:34 am to
I gave one "the tip" the other day.

She was an english major
Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
71001 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 6:51 am to
Haha

Beat me to it
Posted by onelochevy
Slidell, LA
Member since Jan 2011
16537 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 6:54 am to
Never been to a coffee shop before, so no.
Posted by WPBTiger
Parts Unknown
Member since Nov 2011
31090 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 6:58 am to
quote:

If I'm paying with cash.


If I use card, they just hand me receipt, no line to add tip.
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
67302 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:12 am to
I think it depends on how your place runs.


If you are given a cup to fill up the coffee yourself, I see it going two ways:

1) if you are a regular and know the people and use their internet and whatnot, you'd just give them bills and don't want change.

2) if you don't go there, then you pay with a card or get change back.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119238 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:18 am to
quote:

Never been to a coffee shop before, so no.


Yep. Why pay $5 for a cup of coffee there, when I can get it for $1 elsewhere and it's just as good.
Posted by djangochained
Gardere
Member since Jul 2013
19054 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:18 am to
I'm tipping $1 or $2. I go daily to Starbucks
Posted by Oddibe
Close to some, further from others
Member since Sep 2015
6567 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:20 am to
quote:

No. I have my own student loans to pay.
I bet you didn't major in Art History.
Posted by seawolf06
NH
Member since Oct 2007
8159 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:26 am to
$0.00
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:29 am to
Depends if they're hot.

I get black coffee. I would do it myself if they'd let me.
Posted by Layabout
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2011
11082 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:43 am to
quote:

Do you tip baristas?


No. Most of them make more money than I do.

Posted by Dixie Normus
Earth
Member since Sep 2013
2639 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:45 am to
No. Tipping is for service. It's for doing things for you over an extended period of time. All a barista does is take your order and make your coffee. Do you tip the person who bags your groceries at Wal-Mart? Because that's the same thing as tipping a barista.

Their wage doesn't depend on tips either.
Posted by LSUfan0420
Lake Chuck
Member since Jan 2007
1273 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:56 am to
no, because they call themselves "barista"

serve coffee at a diner you are a waitress

serve coffee at a Starbucks you are a barista

frick off !!
Posted by tigersownall
Thibodaux
Member since Sep 2011
15331 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 7:59 am to
Don't drink coffee. And if I did I wouldn't waste money at some frickwad place like Starbucks. I only go for the cinnamon rolls and pussy.
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
58155 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 8:01 am to
Oh shite. A thread using the word barista and tipping. Rednecks heads will explode. LOL
Posted by SidewalkDawg
Chair
Member since Nov 2012
9820 posts
Posted on 3/4/16 at 8:03 am to
Can't tip on my ebt card. Plus I earned that money so screw them.
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