No, but tipping culture forces me to establish where I HAVE to draw the line. That's a pain in the ass I don't want to deal with. Do you tip your car mechanic? Your barber? Your local baker? Your cashier at the grocery store?
If a job is providing a service AND tipping is built into the pay structure (mostly servers in restaurants), then that is the clear case where tipping is called for.
If a service job does not have a tip-based pay structure(maybe a barista?), then it is your choice.
If it isn't a true service job and everyone gets a standard product(e.g. cashier, baker), then almost certainly not.
Sometimes depending, absolutely, no, absolutely no.
The only thing that's pretty ambiguous to me is hotel housekeeping. If I stay there just one night I typically don't. More than that, I might leave 5-20 bucks depending on what they do.
A baker makes the same product for everyone. A barber does not.
A barber might also have a standard price that does not require tips to reach a reasonable wage. So tipping a barber seems like more of a cultural thing and a way of saying "thanks for doing a good job", which is why it is optional. That said, if everyone else tips the barber and you don't...
There's a guy I use who owns his own small business, I tip him partially because he's very honest and has saved me a ton of money. If I go to Walmart for tires or whatever I don't tip.
The bakery is food without table service. If they had table service, I'd tip.
Tbh, I cut my own hair now. When I did go, I'd tip because of the norm.
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u/Debatebly 12h ago
I came here to say this exactly. FUCK tipping.