In Seattle, a growing number of people are growing tired of tipping and are reportedly refusing to tip restaurant staff due to the city’s significant minimum wage hikes. With Seattle’s minimum wage now among the highest in the nation, some residents argue that tipping is no longer necessary, believing the increased base pay should cover service compensation.
According to a Daily Mail report, residents in the Democrat-run city feel it is unnecessary to tip service workers. The minimum wage will increase from $19.97 to $20.76 an hour on January 1, 2025. Seattle’s Minimum Wage Ordinance requires the wage rate to reflect the city's inflation rise.
One Reddit user said they are “done tipping 10-20 percent come January 1st,” while another person claimed that with the minimum wage hike, food industry workers have “finally reach[ed] a level playing field.”
“With Seattle’s new minimum wage going into effect really soon, most food industry workers are finally reaching a level playing field. As a result, I’ll no longer be tipping more than 5-10%. And I’m ONLY doing that if service is EXCEPTIONAL,” another person said.
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In Seattle, parts of California, and maybe some other places, the paradigm that led to tips being a person's pay is over. Now that the servers are regular paid employees why would you tip them anything? Would you also tip the cook and the busboy if you tip the server?
Now if you're in a job that traditionally provided your pay via tips, you'd probably rather go back to the old tip for pay model as in a lot of cases it is far more lucrative. But where those traditional tip for pay positions have been upended by a new paradigm, there will likely be no going back.
On a recent trip to SoCal I wasn't willing to pay the high price for fast food but I did eat at a sit down full service restaurant a couple of times. At the full service place, they didn't seem to be affected by recent changes in California law that I guess may have only applied to fast food workers... so I left tips.
According to a Daily Mail report, residents in the Democrat-run city feel it is unnecessary to tip service workers. The minimum wage will increase from $19.97 to $20.76 an hour on January 1, 2025. Seattle’s Minimum Wage Ordinance requires the wage rate to reflect the city's inflation rise.
One Reddit user said they are “done tipping 10-20 percent come January 1st,” while another person claimed that with the minimum wage hike, food industry workers have “finally reach[ed] a level playing field.”
“With Seattle’s new minimum wage going into effect really soon, most food industry workers are finally reaching a level playing field. As a result, I’ll no longer be tipping more than 5-10%. And I’m ONLY doing that if service is EXCEPTIONAL,” another person said.
Why Residents In Seattle Are Refusing to Tip
townhall.com
In Seattle, parts of California, and maybe some other places, the paradigm that led to tips being a person's pay is over. Now that the servers are regular paid employees why would you tip them anything? Would you also tip the cook and the busboy if you tip the server?
Now if you're in a job that traditionally provided your pay via tips, you'd probably rather go back to the old tip for pay model as in a lot of cases it is far more lucrative. But where those traditional tip for pay positions have been upended by a new paradigm, there will likely be no going back.
On a recent trip to SoCal I wasn't willing to pay the high price for fast food but I did eat at a sit down full service restaurant a couple of times. At the full service place, they didn't seem to be affected by recent changes in California law that I guess may have only applied to fast food workers... so I left tips.
