'If I have to go up to order, I'm not tipping': Working woman shares a hot take on tipping culture, raising torches and pitchforks in the comment section

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Mar 23, 2024 8:00 PM EDT

We've all been there, standing at the front of the line at the coffee shop and the blue-haired barista with an eyebrow piercing lethargically whips the iPad around towards you before saying, 'It's just going to ask a few questions'. We don't want to tip 35% but with the next customer in line breathing down our neck and the angry cashier in front of us, the peer pressure can be insurmountable. 

So if you're like me and you panic-click the percentage tip button, I have some refreshing news for you–we don't have to do that! We don't HAVE to tip just because the iPad is 'asking a few questions'. With the tipping culture getting out of hand, the cost of living going up, and the minimum wage resting at $7.25/hour, the customers are getting price gouged on every corner to make up for lost wages. Hmm, what if there was another way? 

One woman on the subway in NYC recently shared a hot take about tipping culture that's remarkably refreshing. After refusing to tip for the coffee in her hand (as the barista was mean and unhelpful), one working woman shines a flashlight on the cockroach-infested underbelly of forced tips, making folks grab their torch and pitchfork in the comment section–against The Man. 

Scroll for the full video of this particular hot take and you can be the judge on whether or not she's speaking the truth. For more from Kareem Rahma, click here for other Subway Takes!

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    BabeRUTHLE$$ "at this point I work there" THAT PART, 3d ago 291.8K Reply View 58 replies ✓ OG Triple OG I mean, she has a point ② 3d ago 194.7K Reply
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    doodletvf "if it's required, then it is NOT a tip, it's a WAGE." 2d ago 62.4K Reply View 47 replies Hana Ventures | Solo Traveler She's spitting facts 3d ago 49.6K Reply
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    G frank it's not the customers job to pay the employees wages. End of Story! 2d ago 4752 Reply View 37 replies ✓ clara as a non-american, the tipping culture is an absolutely wild concept for me 1d ago 1216 Reply
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    Royal Solari Had a tip screen pop up at Cinnabon the other day. Like all you did was put a cinnamon roll in a box, why is it asking for a tip. 3d ago 9633 Reply View 141 replies ✓ KB Facts. Why am I tipping a regular employee for doing their job? Unless I'm getting an extra service, like delivery or sitting down at a restaurant or bar, I'm not tipping 3d ago 25.3K Reply
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    PacificNWchillin The fact that I get asked to tip before I received any service from most of my interactions with tips screens is the problem. 3d ago View 30 replies Maria Bueno 5442 Reply I feel bad for the employees but it's really corporate America pitting consumers against employees while they're the ones getting rich 2d ago 2817 Reply
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    Yecky I went to a frozen yogurt place. The lady said nothing. I went got my own cup, for my own yogurt, got my own topping, weighed it myself, tapped to pay, and there was a tip option. WHAT 2d ago 1223 View 13 replies ✓ Reply
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    bre AMEN SISTER ❤if i have to take my own order and bus my own table im not tipping! 3d ago 5318 Reply View 46 replies ✓ WhyAmlOnTiktok Also not donating $ with my payment. They're gonna get a tax deduction bevause of it. No thanks. 3d ago 4472 Reply
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