re: Ndamukong Suh has some thoughts about one of the OT's favorite subjects. Tipping

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I’m sorry. I majored in Economics but that was a while ago…if the owner paid for the servers at their desired wages and had to raise prices to afford that…where would the costs go?

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It'd be interesting to see. I think at first they'd pay more to employees and raise cost of food, but the free market may force them to lower cost of food and have fewer employees. I think it'd land somewhere in the middle.

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But apologies, I just minored in Economics.

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Tipping at service counters is fricking absurd to me. Why am I tipping at Chipotle? I do it, but I hate myself for it.

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I do wonder if they expect a tip or is it just part of the software many use now and it just tip shame people that are afraid to hit 0 there, so they're happy with whatever they get

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we pay over $200 to have the dogs groomed

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You buying them dogs a weave and some extensions? $200??? Dayum

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You buying them dogs a weave and some extensions? $200??? Dayum

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Ours is $100 and I tip $20 He did say he had multiple dogs so $200 tracks with what I've seen.

yeah two large dogs

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and I tip $20

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see I don't get why its expected. They have their price, I accept that, they do the job, I pay at the end. That should be the end of the transaction.

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It's a way for businesses to pass cost to customer.

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All costs are passed on to the consumer.

Businesses would pass the costs on to consumers if we eliminated tipping.

Servers would make substantially less and the service we would receive would be on par with the shite service you get in Europe. Here, quality service is so engrained we get upset when someone is noticeably not providing quality service - in Europe, you just expect bad service.

That doesn't mean tipping is out of control. But the fault lays at the feet of the service providers lobbying to get tips included in every single transaction imaginable.

He should be able to afford a few dollars here and there with his 80 million dollars

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I get tipping and why its done in the restaurant business...for servers

but I don't get why tipping is expected in other areas where people are paid a wage. For example, we pay over $200 to have the dogs groomed, why is a tip expected on top of that?

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Well said

Mr Pink ??