Mobile ticket processing, convience fee, service charges etc. are the absolute worst. We bought tickets to see my sister’s boyfriend perform in the Christmas Carole and there was a $20 processing fee. I know it doesn’t cost that much to process the credit card charge.
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@Randy’s drive by on Krispy Kreme donuts was disappointing. There’s not a better mass produced donut out there. Especially when fresh and hot off the line.
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Count me as wholeheartedly endorsing an airport/airplane code of conduct. Picking up my clubs from the baggage carousel Sunday coming from the NIT, I had to ask multiple people to move out of the way AFTER I had grabbed the bag. They could see my trying to get this large golf travel bag off the belt and wheeled away and they just stood there in my way and not moving. It was abjectly absurd.
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I love randomly dropping into Trap Draw threads as a non-listener. In the span of 5 posts, there were comments on tipping culture, hotdog packaging, an invitation to a TSwift concert, and defending of Krispy Kreme. Feels like the kind of thing a historian is gonna look at in 500 years and wonder what the hell was going on in our lives.
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As someone who was a barista for a while, I am more conscious of it but I think my view of tipping is still similar to Tron/Randy. If there’s handmade effort or polite service involved I will always tip, usually pretty generously. I will usually not tip in situations where a person just put something in a bag, the one exception is if it’s obvious that the person is super busy (say 10 people in line at the donut counter) and I still get polite service. I’m definitely tipping generously then, I remember how stressful that is.
Also, to the example brought up in the pod, if a barista fills a cup with drip coffee for you, they aren’t expecting a tip. If they are steaming milk, they probably expect a small one (I would be happy with $0.50!)
Would love Tron to do some investigative reporting at Bold Bean though.
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We need to DOJ and FTC to blow Ticketmaster/ Stubhub conglomerate the hell up
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I always took the big guy for someone that loves the “HOT NOW” light. We know he likes Greaters ice cream, so I just figured he loved a hot donut coming off the line. I am not mad; I am just disappointed. @Randy
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who?
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Same - I was a barista for a bit (albeit long before tipping culture we have now. Our POS didn’t have add tip options) and it was nice to just get a little pocket change as a tip. Usually by the end of a paycheque I could get something I wanted with the tips (like a CD lol) but they weren’t really part of my pay. I try to add a bit on top of each latte as a tip.
The prompting is getting a bit out of hand though. I was at a coffee shop outside Seattle and the already expensive latte ($6.50 for an 8oz latte) had a suggested tip of $3. Restaurants are starting to suggest 20%, 22%, 25%. 20% was once generous tip wise and soon it will be cheap
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100%. I respect his opinion, just surprised. Maybe he hasn’t had a “HOT NOW” Krispy Kreme. The donuts they sell in gas stations and grocery stores don’t accurately reflect how good a fresh Krispy Kreme is. @Randy I’d like to personally invite you to NC for a First Flight event and a fresh KK donut.
Edit: I was listening in my car this morning when he said it. I audibly gasped a “What?” in the car alone I was so shocked by it.
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My barbershop adjusted their pricing to a non-round number in a way that encourages additional tipping. It’s very scummy but they do a good job so I deal with it for now.
There’s a cookie shop on my street who will box two cookies off the tray in front of you and turn the screen to ask for a 15-20% tip. It’s insanity
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The worst are food trucks where they have to complete it for you - you can’t just fill the screen in with tip. Have to actually interact with the person over it. I’ll overtip just to avoid awkwardness
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let’s rip the bandaid off. we’re already experiencing inflation issues. implement livable wages in the US and eliminate tipping altogether. it’s the dumbest, most american bullshit we put up with on a daily basis.
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@Randy has come in with maybe the coldest take of all time: saying Krispy Kreme sucks.
Need an apology on that one.
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That’s a great point. I remember growing up my parents telling me 15% was a standard tip. If they were exceptional, you’d give 20%. Now I checkout at the local dive bar and the POS has the standard tip at 20% for taking the top off a few Coronas, and the percentage only goes up. If you want to tip less, you have to manually type it in which makes you feel like the other POS.
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Why should Randy apologize for being right?
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Random addition to the donut conversation: In my humble opinion, the best donut in the world is a custard filled long John. The guis have already been to the home of the best example of this delicacy: Dimo’s Donuts in Ann Arbor. It is simple sublime and there is no other donut shop I’ve ever visited that can top the Long John from Dimo’s. Not dunkable, but it is 1) airy as it is a yeast donut, and 2) definitely mixes many different tastes so it is not at all overly sweet.
I used to crave these when I’d be on call overnight in the hospital, and it was my treat on the way home the next morning after being up all night. It got to the point that I had a Pavlovian response: when I would put my scrubs on and tie the drawstring, at any point in the day, my mouth would start to water.
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I have gone ice cold in my tipping in 2022, other than at the barber. I started going to a new barbershop and theres this eastern european dude who now doesn’t even have to ask what I want, just cuts it and it’s always perfect. I tip him 30%.
Everywhere else other than sit down restaurants I now refuse to tip.
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First dogs and now Krispy Kreme?? What is that mountain air doing to the big man??
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