Tip Jars

[countrygirl12]

Btw the bathroom tip service, is for high end restaurants.... They have a waiter/waitress dry your hand and give you mint (also have fragrance/perfume in there.... Also the $3 delivery charge is for the company's gas service (meaning the gasoline used to delivery), not the tip for the delivery guy.. The more you know

K I am done posting in the forum and humoring this OP

Again, YOU are wrong.  They use their own cars and pay for their own gas.

Dominos Pizza delivery people get $1.00 for gas each trip.  It goes right on their check. 
At least it is that way here where I live.   Maybe the amount paid for gas (or not paid by gas) depends on what region one lives & who the company is.   

Papa John's (at least where I live) gets $3 per trip.  The charge is added to the pizza if it is delivery and then like you said that goes on their pay check.  A lot of people will give them a tip besides that.  Some do and I guess some don't.  I have never used delivery for a pizza.

[alice44]

It does seem like these jars are showing up everywhere.  I don't put money in them.  Everything is too expensive as it it.

[jenniferhoder]

I agree- I think the tip jars are wrong! If you are a waitress that's one thing but the rest of you, put your jars away!!!!

[hawkeye3210]

Most of these places pay minimum age and think that tips will balance out the employees check.  They assume you are going to put something in.  A lot of these comments sound like they are coming from people who have never had this type of job.  If you don't have money to throw something in the tip jar, then you probably really should not be there.     Even in most restaurants, the waitress has to share her tips with several other people, bussers, dishwashers, hostesses.    No one if they had any other choice would take a job that pays minimum wage or less, but if that is all that is out there, you have no choice.  I know quite a few people who were making very good money a couple of years ago, but companies went under so what can they do.    I hope that some of you who thought the employees don't deserve  any better never have to get in that position.                 

That's not at all the case with tip jars. Employees, not employers, are the ones typically putting them out there. I'm not sure where you are get the idea that anyone who rings me up at a cash register is deserving of a tip, simply because they may or may not be making minimum wage. Most people making minimum wage don't get tips, people working a register aren't any different.

[cathy37]

I do believe if someone gives me good service, that they do deserve a tip even if they are paid minimum wage if they work where they have to fix my food or serve my food.  I don't believe in giving someone at a convenience store a tip.

[crystal80524]

I guess it depends on the circumstances. I wouldn't tip someone who just hands me my food but if they deliver the food or make special orders that might be different. It's a personal preference.

[kewl4reals]

I have noticed that almost EVERYWHERE you go these days there is a TIP jar beside the cash register.  Our local Subway has a "Tip Jar".  I do not go in there.  Not been in there in over a year but do know the jar is still there.  The people working there are paid at least Min Wage (which they agreed to work for when they took the job).  It just irritates me to see "Tip Jars" every where.  Gas stations, fast food places, convenience stores, you name it.  You are being paid to do the job you are doing.  So do it and don't expect an extra tip from the customer for doing your job.

I look at it like this - you are being paid to do the job.  If you are unhappy with the wages you are being paid then you need to get a job that pays more.  I realize more than anyone that jobs do not grow on trees and they are extremely hard to come by.  But at the same time, although I may be unhappy with my current job I do not expect customers to pay me extra money via a tip for doing the job I am being paid by my company to do.

I always got weirded out 8y suggested tip jars

[silentescape]

I have noticed that almost EVERYWHERE you go these days there is a TIP jar beside the cash register.  Our local Subway has a "Tip Jar".  I do not go in there.  Not been in there in over a year but do know the jar is still there.  The people working there are paid at least Min Wage (which they agreed to work for when they took the job).  It just irritates me to see "Tip Jars" every where.  Gas stations, fast food places, convenience stores, you name it.  You are being paid to do the job you are doing.  So do it and don't expect an extra tip from the customer for doing your job.

I look at it like this - you are being paid to do the job.  If you are unhappy with the wages you are being paid then you need to get a job that pays more.  I realize more than anyone that jobs do not grow on trees and they are extremely hard to come by.  But at the same time, although I may be unhappy with my current job I do not expect customers to pay me extra money via a tip for doing the job I am being paid by my company to do.

Very few minimum wage workers are happy with their pay. It's hard work, and people are often really horrible customers, but there are reasons why they CAN'T get better jobs. For one, there are not enough jobs available for all unhappy minimum wage workers to get better jobs. It's impossible. Also, if they all did that, there would be no one to provide the services you use because no one would be working those jobs. If a minimum wage worker does a really good job, why not tip them from time to time? You tip waitresses, don't you? They're getting paid to do that job as well. So what would be the difference? It's really hard to get by on just the minimum wage. If you knew that, you wouldn't be irritated by tip jars, and since you must not, then just consider yourself lucky.

[dreamyxo]

I never put money in the tip jar.

[betlynjua]

You have a very good point.  I, too, see tip jars in various places.  I ignore them altogether.  The only time I give a little extra at a check out is if it's for the Humane Society or other reputable animal welfare organizations.  Otherwise the only tip I will give at a check out is this: "Save Your Money".

Now that's a great tip, don't you think?   

Just curious - Are you aware than the CEO of the Humane Society makes over $100,000 a year?  There are only around 55 real employees of the HS.  The rest are volunteers.  And the lowest paid employee makes over $55,000 a year.  All this info can be found online.  I use to give money to the HS until I found out all this.  Their pay comes out of the money donated.  I think it was around 10 cents of every dollar donated actually goes to help animals. 

I'm not surprised by this.  That seems to be the norm when it comes to most monetary donations for most organizations.  With that said, donations from me in the future will be pet food and supplies.  I don't think the CEO will be chewing on any of the doggie biscuits I donate. 

[Keroro]

I think FusionCash should have forum tip jars where we can transfer 1 cent from our account instantly if someone makes a ''tip-worthy" post 

[fjaz1]

I like to put actual tips in the jar, so I write on a piece of paper a good tip for them

[davidh121]

I don't really use the tip jar, but I do tip in certain cases, such as when I'm at a sit down restaurant. The tip jar is indeed optional and this is all up to each person. I usually see people put extra change in there as they don't want to fuss, but I almost pay everything by credit card.

[raven1114]

I give tips when I feel they are deserved not just because a jar is there.

[kapeh12]

I have not seen these jars "everywhere" I go.  I have seen them in a couple places where the service is designed to customize something for the customer - like my local Subway.  I also see these at Mongolian barbecue inside Chinese Buffets (or a exclusive Mongolian Barbecue restaurant).

For the Mongolian - the tip jar is there to tip the chef cooking your meal, where like at some of those Japanese restaurants that cook the food at your table, they put on a little show while you watch your food cook, so that tip is (1) customary and (2) like giving money to street performers when you appreciate the performance.

I do occasionally tip at Subway - typically it's when the staff goes above an beyond.  I'm a "regular" there, so when an employee remembers my entire order without input from me - I provide a tip for that above and beyond service.  I don't always tip, but occasionally when they impress me, I appreciate they allow me to tip.

I've actually seen more charity jars for people to place change into than tip jars, and actually see places that have "no tipping" signs. 

But that's just my experience.