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Re:SF Restaurants Can’t Afford Waiters. So They’re Putting D... by listenallyall on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @01:09AM (#17397998)
Delivery used to be free from most pizza places and the occasional other restaurant that delivered. Now, almost everyone charges a delivery fee. The idea of tipping on top of that just irks me to no end, although I do it so they won't spit on my food next time. I don't tip my Fedex or UPS deliveryman, why should I tip for food delivery when I've already been charged extra for that exact service?
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Re:SF Restaurants Can’t Afford Waiters. So They’re Putting D... by acchow on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @01:12AM (#17398003)
There are people who tip the fedex or ups courier? I didn’t even consider this was a possibility.
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Re:SF Restaurants Can’t Afford Waiters. So They’re Putting D... by toomanybeersies on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @01:31AM (#17398112)
Some people tip their garbage collector: http://www.mymoneyblog.com/how-do-i-tip-the-trash-collector....

From a foreign perspective, where I don't think I've ever tipped anyone in my life, it's absolutely bizarre.

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Re:SF Restaurants Can’t Afford Waiters. So They’re Putting D... by JackCh on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @01:52AM (#17398196)
Tipping a garbage collector is bizarre from an American perspective too.
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Re:SF Restaurants Can’t Afford Waiters. So They’re Putting D... by vidanay on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @10:07AM (#17400674)
My garbage collector has to park his truck, open my gate, get back in his truck, empty my dumpster, park his truck again, lock my gate, and then finally go on to the next customer.

His extra effort and reliability warrants a Christmas card and monetary gift every year.

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Re:SF Restaurants Can’t Afford Waiters. So They’re Putting D... by wink on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @04:58AM (#17398926)
Back when I lived with my parents in a single-family home people would give the garbage collectors a little something once per year, usually around christmas.
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Re:SF Restaurants Can’t Afford Waiters. So They’re Putting D... by adventured on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @01:16AM (#17398019)
No, there aren't people that do that, basically. The parent comment was pointing out that that would be an absurdity if it were occurring.
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Re:SF Restaurants Can’t Afford Waiters. So They’re Putting D... by IncRnd on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @01:30AM (#17398102)
No, of course there aren't. That was the point that was being made about food delivery.
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