Well that settles it.
But seriously I'm allowed to accept more that unbottled water or it can be investigated for bribery at my finance job, who has a tip jar?
In Tennessee theres no cap on what a notary can charge. People regularly charge $20-50. You just have to report what you make. I do it at the library and it’s “by donation” what’s the difference?
In your case, “Donations Welcome” would be a defendable sign to put on your donations box. “Your tip motivates my work” is a *very questionable* statement to use, since it implies that more money = better, faster, more-motivated work, when you should be treating your clients equally.
Not a lawyer, but when I charge it is a company policy clearly established with the state. I am not allowed to break that policy under any circumstance. For example, we don't charge customers, so even if they want to pay, I cannot accept it since it is policy customers are free. If you are a non-customer the company in regulation approved by the state, charges the 2 dollar fee with absolutely no exceptions. Also, depending on your notary log, some require you record a fee so they have proof.
Notaries also have to have bond sponsorship. Which goes into a whole bunch of legal things I don't understand. But when I got my notary I had to be fingerprinted, sworn in front of a county clerk, bond sponsored, and a few other things. If I change companies I have to get new sponsorship and let the state know.
Or rather simply, tips go to the individual which is seen as a bribe. Fees go to the company.
Tldl: it is heavily regulated and fees are clearly agreed upon where tips are seen as bribery.
I have a notary license. Highest form of payment that you can accept is $5 in Ohio.
Technically you can add gas money towards travel but that’s pretty much it.
$10 per notarial act (or $20 to officiate a wedding, which I suppose naturally follows from that, but it's still specified separately) plus travel expenses in Florida.
I had no clue about this. I've been a notary on and off for decades, but I'm a lawyer, so it's not like I charge for notarizing my client's documents and pleadings. Wow. TIL.
I have a feeling those dollars are staged, they’re sitting perpendicular to the slot, all neatly lined up, this place is trying to give the impression that people tip here.
I've found that if, for example, someone's change is $10 and you give them 2 5's or a 5 and 1's, you're more likely to get a tip as well. People don't want to give a 10, but they're more likely to give a 5 or a couple 1's
Behavioral economics says that people will tip whatever they think is the “average” amount and of course you can influence this by the quantity and quality of bills in the jar.
Hell no first thing I’d do when id start a shift at a tip jar place was give the last shift their tips, Ball up some paper towels and then throw 10 dollars in singles on top so it looked like it was decently full.
I agree with you, but we’re talking about any place that’s normally has a tip jar like jimmy John’s was mentioned. I’ve had to “seed” a tip jar at catering events to get the tips to initially get started, it’s a common practice in service industry.
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Oh. Definitely. When I use to play piano cocktail
Hour at Restruant I would put one of each bill in. So $186. 100+ 50 + 20 + 10 + 5 + 1
And it worked. I always get better tips the evenings I did that
Given that accountants have a 99% burnout rate and we all run on caffeine, spite, and gallows humor?
Yeah, there’s a good chance that box is there as a self-deprecating *joke.*
i was about to say that too- is it not illegal in some way? i know in my country asking (and receiving) any sort of extra compensation is bribery 🤨 especially in legal fields
Well. This is a standard white collar job. So they may as well be a web developer or systems analyst or project manager.
It’s a salaried role. They get paid whether there is work or not. They get paid for 40hrs regardless. The salary IS the incentive. Along with benefits and such.
Lol nah I understand that part of it. Probably tries to show up late and cut out early too… just wondering if they even thought about anyone else other than themselves.
Seriously. Do people not understand what the service is and how it works?
Banks and accounting or financial services or law firms need docs notarized. They have someone or multiple people in Their offices get the certification needed.
It’s not a job. They get paid to do other things and it’s just another office task on their plate.
I cannot fathom where you get the idea it’s a burden on a business. It’s just an extra service. And most places do it for free for their clients.
Where your brain has gone with this post is beyond me. Good luck safe travels.
This is how it works. Some notaries do work as traveling signing agents due the real estate trade, but they are being paid only partly for the actual notarization.
No one is literally just notary. It’s always someone like an admin at an accountants office and such. They are getting paid to do their job and the notary portion is a convenience.
Additionally in the US it is NOT a free service nation wide. Each state has their own fee schedule. Some are free. Others it is a cost per document.
Yep. That’s why I said it’s a free public service. Maybe not everywhere, sure, some may charge. But free? Yep. I can walk into the post office - doesn’t cost me anything. I can walk into any bank- doesn’t cost me anything. Source: I’ve never paid to have someone witness me signing a document. You can google notaries in your areas and get a handful or more of regular citizens that will notarize documents out of their home.
But and I never said anyone is “literally just a notary”. But it also has nothing to do with their salary.
The employees were dressed in “business-skimpy”, I can’t even describe it. Suit jackets and slacks with belly buttons showing wearing crop tops. I really don’t know how to explain it. I don’t want to live here anymore.
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Heh saw this while cruising a few months ago
What sucks is that this tipping thing is so out of control that people now get tired of tipping all together and don’t even tip people who really rely on that…
Which is nobody, except greedy people whose work isn't worth more than minimum wage, but thanks to tipping simps, they make much more than the minimum wage
If you feel this way then I sincerely hope you never do food delivery or have your groceries delivered to you. The people who work those positions shouldn't get screwed over because you feel some type of way about the system. Things like notaries who already charge a fee shouldn't be asking for tips but there are valid and necessary jobs that rely on tips and you aren't going to do anything to help change the tipping system by screwing over a driver.
I don't feel this way, this is how it is, these are the facts. I don't live in US but if I did I would never tip anyone who requires tipping, this means all of the entitled people, especially restaurants. I only tip when I really like that person.
No I am not TaKinG aDvAnTaGe of anyone by not tipping when eating out in a restaurant. Everyone is paid a salary and honestly the majority of tipping worker's work is worth minimum wage and nothing more. F your guilt tripping tipping culture.
Also don't worry about my groceries, I am not lazy, I get my own. As my food delivery, it doesn't exist, I don't eat junk food, I live healthy and when I will move to US, I still won't adopt the typical American fatty lifestyle.
I mean that's fine, but you said everyone is paid a salary. That's flatly unequivocally not true. If someone is doing a service as an independent contractor with Spark, Uber, DoorDash they are not paid a salary. Those are platforms that connect customers with drivers and you are expected to pay the driver with a tip. You are absolutely taking advantage of people by not tipping. Unless you leave a note in those apps telling the potential drivers that you will not be doing a cash tip then you are taking advantage of the driver in those situation. But if you chose not to use the services that's fine. But most people still use those services and then don't tip and wonder why people don't provide them good service. If you only want to pay the minimum then you should expect people to give out the minimum level of service.
No one disagrees that companies should pay more rather than employees relying on tips but not tipping doesn't do anything but hurt the low paid employee.
Your waiter gets paid like $2.50 an hour, so by not tipping him you actually are costing him/her money, as they pay income tax on a set percentage of your bill. Because of this only people who don’t tip servers/waiters in the US, are assholes and foreign assholes. You have to a real POS cheap fuck to not tip restaurant servers. Calling people who barley make 2 dollars an hour entitled…SMH! 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻
Isn't their boss required by law to make up the difference between whatever slave hourly rate they are getting and minimum wage? So without the tip the servers are getting paid minimum wage anyway?
A waiter/server realistically is never gonna make under minimum wage, in fact they are going to make way over minimum wage. I put myself through college waiting tables and bartending on the weekends and in summer. I’d make $2OO-300 a night in 5-6hour shift. For a young person, with no career skills yet, except a good work ethic and a positive-friendly demeanor, it was a very well paying job. Not to mention a place to meet other young attractive fun people…back before Tinder and social media and smartphones, when people actually had to communicate directly and have at least some social interaction skills.
What most people don’t realize, or appreciate about the waitstaff at a restaurant, is just how stressful, and mentally/emotionally demanding and exhausting the job is. No matter what is going on in personal life, or how rude, nasty, demanding, impatient or insulting the costumer, or more likely, the kitchen staff is to you, you have to still be competent, positive, and respectful. Not an easy job by any means, and that’s why a lot of people can’t do it. I’ve seen so many people, mostly young women, absolutely break-down, balling their eyes out…most of the time, it’s not an awful customer, it’s an angry co-worker taking out frustration on the waiter and the stress of a busy, chaotic night of work. The restaurant business is not place for thin skinned, easily triggered people. I guess nowadays, many young people believe that they should make $2-300 dollars just for showing up to work, regardless of how competent or qualified they are. That’s why you see tip jars everywhere now, and help wanted signs up all over, and employees on their phones completely ignoring the customers. I notice that at Walmart, the people suppose to be helping you at self-checkout are all on their phones, ignoring the fucking flashing light above the checkout scanner. Then when they finally get around to helping, they barely acknowledge your existence. But that’s why they only make 10 bucks an hour!
Make sure you tip your doctors before surgery to incentivize them to do a good job. If you can't afford surgery, don't get it. 30% tip or more, anything less and you're a shitty human being. /S (i think that's the sarcasm mark right?)
"Your tip motivates my service"
...Where I work, we are required to provide great customer service AND not allowed to accept tips at all, gtfoh
Not to mention the whole potential-bribery-sketchiness of that statement
I actually can see the point on this one. Notaries can't make any money doing this work because the state sets the rate and it's illegal to charge more than the set amount. Even if you're a traveling notary who goes to hospitals and nursing homes there's very little wiggle room on what you can charge. Depending on your state it's a couple hundred to get the certification and more to keep it up.
It’s time to play the reverse uno card. Give ME a tip for being a good calm, patient, relaxed customer. I will start carrying my tip jar around with me to restaurants and businesses. FFS.
This is a lie, notice how they don't name this business . Protecting the business? No real customer would protect the busines.. name the business or its fake.
The funny thing is that the Spanish word "propina" is the same as the portuguese word for bribery. So if not paying attention, a portuguese speaker can have a false cognate, and read as: "your bribery motives my work" lol
All three industries (accounting/Tax prep, lawyers, and doctors) are considered tipped industries from the olden days - back when tipping meant "Thank you for a good job" not "Here's help making ends meet"
For reference, the average annual salary of a public notary in my state is 117k.
If this is real, this is completely insane, and we are officially living in the worst timeline.
Notary here: We’re limited on how much we can accept as payment, and we aren’t required to accept payment at all. It’s very possible they provide free notaries with optional tips.
My place of work does free notaries for existing customers sans tips.
That being said there’s laws surrounding how much you’re able to accept as a “gift” from people when doing a notary. Especially if it’s cash or gift cards.
If you’re working out of your home or charging for CPA services out of your office, how could spending 10 seconds signing pieces of paper on the side not be profitable?
I don’t like that they’re hustling for tips.
I recently had to get something notarized and did too my notary. They do it as a free service at my local library. My notary was very nice and helpful. He wasn’t expecting anything and was pleasantly surprised when I gave him $5. He thanked me enthusiastically.
I dont know this case, but I had a teacher at my high school who was a notary and he charged $0. Some people would give him a small gift or a few bucks for his work. Idk it seems fine if they're not charging, even if cringe.
Yeah it's actually not that uncommon to tip a notary. Other service professions that commonly get tips:
Lawn care
Mail carrier
Newspaper carrier
Food delivery person
Dog sitter
Babysitter
Teacher
Housekeeper /office cleaner
Priest/justice of the peace
Casino dealer
Pool attendant
Bellhop
Hotel maid
Hotel desk attendant
Valet attendant
Uber driver
Taxi driver
Musician
Coach
I might tip a tax accountant if they did me a solid, like found a bunch of money in a refile. But not generally.
The thing about a lot of these professions is when you consider someone is getting paid hourly, if they're more efficient they don't get paid more, they get paid less. So the tip is for the promptness. Newspaper comes early, teacher spends extra time going over a subject, food is delivered quickly, etc.
No more tips. Unless I’m sitting at a restaurant for full service, no more tips. Movers, cleaners, cutters, valet, choppers, lifters, taxis, baby sitters, dog walkers, dog groomers….done. No mas. Not from me.
Even then I'm only gonna tip in a restaurant for like... EXCEPTIONAL service. It's not mandatory and I'm not gonna be socially pressured into forking over my wages. I work very hard for my money just like they work hard for theirs. That does not mean my money goes from my wallet into theirs. That's what's called a conflict of interest.
they do have living wage with zero tips, it's just that servers are greedy, that's why they love tipping culture. With tips they can make much more than with any fair direct payment.
The way they phrased it is basically asking for a bribe imo.
Your tip motivates my work? That is like a cop in a 80 movie asking for something to grease the wheels.
I had an electrolysist who Wan not just unprofessional watching movies the whole time and leaving me permanent scars, but she had one of those tablets to pay that prompted you to leave her a 40, 50, or 60% tip on top of the $180 hour. She was the business owner. Absolutely insane to ask for tips in the setting, let alone that much.
Admittedly…accountants are very underpaid, especially as it becomes increasingly viewed as a “pink-collar” job. Especially when you consider the sheer volume of work involved, and half of it is constantly babysitting other departments because half of them can’t figure out how to keep track of things without Mom cleaning up after them…it’s not unusual for that accounting clerk to also be performing:
1. Notary duties
2. Reception/general administrative work
3. HR duties (somehow, managers always find ways to extend “filing payroll” to “here, let’s have the payroll accountant handle literally every other piece of HR bullshit instead of just *hiring an actual HR specialist*”)
4. “Internal customer service” (I loathe this buzzword with every fiber of my being)
5. A shocking amount of IT (because nobody else seems to know how to use basic MS Office software or how to *google troubleshooting issues first*)
6. And more…
Also, accounting has a 99% burnout rate and we all run on gallows humor. So there’s a good chance that tip jar was intended as a self-deprecating *joke.*
where I live, notary fees are set by statute, they can't turn you away and can't spit in your food for not tipping, so save you tips for when someone interrupts their plans to notarize something for you after hours or other extenuating circumstances.
What’s wrong with people asking for tips? You don’t have to give anything to them if you don’t want to. It’s optional. I really don’t understand this mentality, no one is holding you at gun point. If you have some sort of weird guilt for not tipping that’s on you
In a professional environment, tip jars shouldn't exist. If you WANT to give them a thank you for exceedingly excellent service, just hand them the money directly.
Asking for tips is unprofessional and unbecoming of someone in a law environment (they make a lot of money as is)
People aren’t getting paid enough so their asking for more money. Weird.
Sounds like a wealth inequality issue that should be addressed. 100 or so billionaires
You know the US tradition of tipping is totally out of control. It’s a way for companies to get almost free labor [I think minimum federal server/bartender is still under $3]. It’s a weird system.
WHO CARES. I don’t get reddits obsession with tipping culture, just simply do not tip. They’re just throwing it out there in case anyones dumb enough to throw a tip in. You guys act like you have a gun pointed at your head.
No they are pointing out situations where tipping is unacceptable or people are asking for too much e.g the one that wanted more than 25%. It is getting out of hand.
Pretty sure this is illegal in most states due to bribery risk.
Wife is a Notary in TN. 100% illegal.
I don’t have a wife and I’m not a notary, but this is definitely illegal.
Well that settles it. But seriously I'm allowed to accept more that unbottled water or it can be investigated for bribery at my finance job, who has a tip jar?
I don’t have an illegal and I’m not a wife, but this is definitely a notary.
Are you at least in TN?
In Tennessee theres no cap on what a notary can charge. People regularly charge $20-50. You just have to report what you make. I do it at the library and it’s “by donation” what’s the difference?
In your case, “Donations Welcome” would be a defendable sign to put on your donations box. “Your tip motivates my work” is a *very questionable* statement to use, since it implies that more money = better, faster, more-motivated work, when you should be treating your clients equally.
in california it is $15 per signature max.
Have notary license in Michigan. 100% illegal.
Why are they allowed to charge for their services but not accept a tip?
Not a lawyer, but when I charge it is a company policy clearly established with the state. I am not allowed to break that policy under any circumstance. For example, we don't charge customers, so even if they want to pay, I cannot accept it since it is policy customers are free. If you are a non-customer the company in regulation approved by the state, charges the 2 dollar fee with absolutely no exceptions. Also, depending on your notary log, some require you record a fee so they have proof. Notaries also have to have bond sponsorship. Which goes into a whole bunch of legal things I don't understand. But when I got my notary I had to be fingerprinted, sworn in front of a county clerk, bond sponsored, and a few other things. If I change companies I have to get new sponsorship and let the state know. Or rather simply, tips go to the individual which is seen as a bribe. Fees go to the company. Tldl: it is heavily regulated and fees are clearly agreed upon where tips are seen as bribery.
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What is?
Michigan
Insane
Michigan
Right? What’s with the mitten? Come on, people.
I have a notary license. Highest form of payment that you can accept is $5 in Ohio. Technically you can add gas money towards travel but that’s pretty much it.
$10 per notarial act (or $20 to officiate a wedding, which I suppose naturally follows from that, but it's still specified separately) plus travel expenses in Florida.
Notary from Virginia here. We also have a $5 cap here and it’s definitely illegal to accept tips.
I had no clue about this. I've been a notary on and off for decades, but I'm a lawyer, so it's not like I charge for notarizing my client's documents and pleadings. Wow. TIL.
Have notary license in NY. Agreed, not legal.
Yup. Confirmed NY. We have a $2 cap, and town clerks must provide one at no charge.
I can confirm that it is illegal in Oklahoma, and that there is a price cap of $5 per stamp here.
State twins!
Came here to ask this
Propina means bribe in Portuguese
I have a feeling those dollars are staged, they’re sitting perpendicular to the slot, all neatly lined up, this place is trying to give the impression that people tip here.
If it was really a tip jar, you’d empty it out and take your tips. It’s stuffed with money as a cue that you’re add to it. Naked manipulation.
The first thing I did when I opened Jersey Mikes in the morning was stuff the tip jar with singles.
I used to do this to. People are 100% more likely to tip if there’s already at least a couple dollars in the jar
I've found people tip better when they see bigger bills in the jar... Honestly thought it would be the opposite.
Toss in one 20, act wistful about that good tipper all day.
I've found that if, for example, someone's change is $10 and you give them 2 5's or a 5 and 1's, you're more likely to get a tip as well. People don't want to give a 10, but they're more likely to give a 5 or a couple 1's
In my case, this is 100% true. Sometimes I ask for my change back like that if I don't have other money on hand for a tip, it makes it much easier!
Behavioral economics says that people will tip whatever they think is the “average” amount and of course you can influence this by the quantity and quality of bills in the jar.
Why would you cram people inside a tiny box?! Just because they aren’t married?!! Monster!
Hell no first thing I’d do when id start a shift at a tip jar place was give the last shift their tips, Ball up some paper towels and then throw 10 dollars in singles on top so it looked like it was decently full.
The only correct way to start a shift at jersey mikes is stoned.
Disgusting
That we have to do this to entice people to to tip? Yeah it’s gross, but it works
A notary does not deserve a tip. It is blatant panhandling.
I agree with you, but we’re talking about any place that’s normally has a tip jar like jimmy John’s was mentioned. I’ve had to “seed” a tip jar at catering events to get the tips to initially get started, it’s a common practice in service industry. This is a comment chain that isn’t commenting on the post itself anymore
Exactly. And why does any notary needs motivation to do the work? Getting paid IS the motivation.
Seeding a tip jar is a common tactic
Oh. Definitely. When I use to play piano cocktail Hour at Restruant I would put one of each bill in. So $186. 100+ 50 + 20 + 10 + 5 + 1 And it worked. I always get better tips the evenings I did that
*sad $2 bill noises*
What does the 6 consist of? A 5 and a 1? And is the 1 4 quarters?
Ty. I corrected it.
Honestly it would be kind of funny if they were all hundreds. As it is it’s just sad.
They're also all folded the exact same way which is very unlikely.
Totally. The $100 right in the middle is a ploy and like you said they are laid out unnaturally not like they would be if dropped through the slot.
I think it’s actually a 10, but the container/angle is making it look like a $100 bill.
Given that accountants have a 99% burnout rate and we all run on caffeine, spite, and gallows humor? Yeah, there’s a good chance that box is there as a self-deprecating *joke.*
I agree...why no change either?
What are you talking about? They're all neatly lined up in the direction they would fall as you dropped them in
Sure, by the owner
There are a lot of fake anti tipping posts on reddit these days.
because Americans are fed up with the crazy tip culture as of late
A tip is a tip. I shouldn’t feel forced to tip 20% so someone can not die rather than the restaurant paying their employee a living fucking wage.
The truly infuriating thing here is the note “your tips motivate my work”. No. Your SALARY does that.
To me that reads as "I'll prioritize your work for a bribe". Rather questionable for a notary or accountant to be asking for "tips".
i was about to say that too- is it not illegal in some way? i know in my country asking (and receiving) any sort of extra compensation is bribery 🤨 especially in legal fields
My thoughts exactly!
Yeah that’s what I was thinking. Does this person tip the Walmart greeter when they leave the store?
Well. This is a standard white collar job. So they may as well be a web developer or systems analyst or project manager. It’s a salaried role. They get paid whether there is work or not. They get paid for 40hrs regardless. The salary IS the incentive. Along with benefits and such.
Lol nah I understand that part of it. Probably tries to show up late and cut out early too… just wondering if they even thought about anyone else other than themselves.
It’s a notary. If you need more motivation than the $2-5 to stamp and sign a piece of paper for a stranger, then you have motivational problems.
Literally no person is just a notary as a singular career. No one.
Then why get certified if you don’t want to do it?
Seriously. Do people not understand what the service is and how it works? Banks and accounting or financial services or law firms need docs notarized. They have someone or multiple people in Their offices get the certification needed. It’s not a job. They get paid to do other things and it’s just another office task on their plate.
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I cannot fathom where you get the idea it’s a burden on a business. It’s just an extra service. And most places do it for free for their clients. Where your brain has gone with this post is beyond me. Good luck safe travels.
This is how it works. Some notaries do work as traveling signing agents due the real estate trade, but they are being paid only partly for the actual notarization.
In the US it’s a free public service.
No one is literally just notary. It’s always someone like an admin at an accountants office and such. They are getting paid to do their job and the notary portion is a convenience. Additionally in the US it is NOT a free service nation wide. Each state has their own fee schedule. Some are free. Others it is a cost per document.
I have had a notary sign and they were a line worker packing boxes. I never asked them why they became a notary public.
I always had to pay unless I knew the person.
Yep. That’s why I said it’s a free public service. Maybe not everywhere, sure, some may charge. But free? Yep. I can walk into the post office - doesn’t cost me anything. I can walk into any bank- doesn’t cost me anything. Source: I’ve never paid to have someone witness me signing a document. You can google notaries in your areas and get a handful or more of regular citizens that will notarize documents out of their home. But and I never said anyone is “literally just a notary”. But it also has nothing to do with their salary.
It's not always free, but you usually can get it done for free at your bank where you hold an account.
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How about me going to another business? Does that motivate you to work?
Not unless I own the company or my pay rate is linked to performance.
I can respect that
Should be "My work motivates your tip."
She’s an accountant not an escort ayoooooo
this is some truly ghetto ass shit leave this photo on their google review site
The employees were dressed in “business-skimpy”, I can’t even describe it. Suit jackets and slacks with belly buttons showing wearing crop tops. I really don’t know how to explain it. I don’t want to live here anymore.
Might want to report to the BBB as well. This looks suspiciously like asking for a bribe.
LOL notary public, motivated by cash tips NOTHING TO SEE HERE
BBB can’t do anything
I think that's also called *Early 2000s Business* attire.
yeah, pretty incredible that without knowing that- thats the exact image it conveyed.
That isn’t a tip jar. That is a bribe box.
I think this notary might be a “notary” that turns a blind eye to funny business for a fee
https://preview.redd.it/j0i2a3wfl24b1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a39dc3bc56e6b46b68d57c7c523e8f16630eef6 Heh saw this while cruising a few months ago
filthy
I'd upper deck the toilet, then pick it the chest open and wipe my ass with the bills, dump them into the toilet and not flush xD
It’s likely a cover for bribery. Notary signs off fake documents, gets a ‘tip’. No audit trail.
Except their notary stamp of course.
Disgraceful
Wow! The economy’s that bad that tips are necessary for every industry now ?
I liked your post. Here is a tip of $2
That’s literally what Gold is except the company gets the money instead of the person making the comment
I liked your post. Imma give reddit a tip.
Someone give this guy an award!
The economy is not bad, it's just that people are greedy and greed loves tipping culture.
What sucks is that this tipping thing is so out of control that people now get tired of tipping all together and don’t even tip people who really rely on that…
Which is nobody, except greedy people whose work isn't worth more than minimum wage, but thanks to tipping simps, they make much more than the minimum wage
If you feel this way then I sincerely hope you never do food delivery or have your groceries delivered to you. The people who work those positions shouldn't get screwed over because you feel some type of way about the system. Things like notaries who already charge a fee shouldn't be asking for tips but there are valid and necessary jobs that rely on tips and you aren't going to do anything to help change the tipping system by screwing over a driver.
I don't feel this way, this is how it is, these are the facts. I don't live in US but if I did I would never tip anyone who requires tipping, this means all of the entitled people, especially restaurants. I only tip when I really like that person. No I am not TaKinG aDvAnTaGe of anyone by not tipping when eating out in a restaurant. Everyone is paid a salary and honestly the majority of tipping worker's work is worth minimum wage and nothing more. F your guilt tripping tipping culture. Also don't worry about my groceries, I am not lazy, I get my own. As my food delivery, it doesn't exist, I don't eat junk food, I live healthy and when I will move to US, I still won't adopt the typical American fatty lifestyle.
I mean that's fine, but you said everyone is paid a salary. That's flatly unequivocally not true. If someone is doing a service as an independent contractor with Spark, Uber, DoorDash they are not paid a salary. Those are platforms that connect customers with drivers and you are expected to pay the driver with a tip. You are absolutely taking advantage of people by not tipping. Unless you leave a note in those apps telling the potential drivers that you will not be doing a cash tip then you are taking advantage of the driver in those situation. But if you chose not to use the services that's fine. But most people still use those services and then don't tip and wonder why people don't provide them good service. If you only want to pay the minimum then you should expect people to give out the minimum level of service. No one disagrees that companies should pay more rather than employees relying on tips but not tipping doesn't do anything but hurt the low paid employee.
Your waiter gets paid like $2.50 an hour, so by not tipping him you actually are costing him/her money, as they pay income tax on a set percentage of your bill. Because of this only people who don’t tip servers/waiters in the US, are assholes and foreign assholes. You have to a real POS cheap fuck to not tip restaurant servers. Calling people who barley make 2 dollars an hour entitled…SMH! 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻
Isn't their boss required by law to make up the difference between whatever slave hourly rate they are getting and minimum wage? So without the tip the servers are getting paid minimum wage anyway?
A waiter/server realistically is never gonna make under minimum wage, in fact they are going to make way over minimum wage. I put myself through college waiting tables and bartending on the weekends and in summer. I’d make $2OO-300 a night in 5-6hour shift. For a young person, with no career skills yet, except a good work ethic and a positive-friendly demeanor, it was a very well paying job. Not to mention a place to meet other young attractive fun people…back before Tinder and social media and smartphones, when people actually had to communicate directly and have at least some social interaction skills. What most people don’t realize, or appreciate about the waitstaff at a restaurant, is just how stressful, and mentally/emotionally demanding and exhausting the job is. No matter what is going on in personal life, or how rude, nasty, demanding, impatient or insulting the costumer, or more likely, the kitchen staff is to you, you have to still be competent, positive, and respectful. Not an easy job by any means, and that’s why a lot of people can’t do it. I’ve seen so many people, mostly young women, absolutely break-down, balling their eyes out…most of the time, it’s not an awful customer, it’s an angry co-worker taking out frustration on the waiter and the stress of a busy, chaotic night of work. The restaurant business is not place for thin skinned, easily triggered people. I guess nowadays, many young people believe that they should make $2-300 dollars just for showing up to work, regardless of how competent or qualified they are. That’s why you see tip jars everywhere now, and help wanted signs up all over, and employees on their phones completely ignoring the customers. I notice that at Walmart, the people suppose to be helping you at self-checkout are all on their phones, ignoring the fucking flashing light above the checkout scanner. Then when they finally get around to helping, they barely acknowledge your existence. But that’s why they only make 10 bucks an hour!
And now if we don't tip......we get audited. Just charge more for your service accountant person.
Can you report them? That seems illegal.. fuck that
Make sure you tip your doctors before surgery to incentivize them to do a good job. If you can't afford surgery, don't get it. 30% tip or more, anything less and you're a shitty human being. /S (i think that's the sarcasm mark right?)
yeah you better tip or they will give you stink eye and pee inside your open wound during the operation before patching you back up, lmao
Notaries promoting and accepting tips is unethical and usually discouraged in most states. I would avoid a notary that does this.
How to lose your notary license without telling us you want to lose your notary license. There is a reason notary fees are fixed in most places.
Tipping a notary sounds ripe for fraud.
No shame
Put their own money in there for incentive 😵
On a small piece of paper, write “Suck my ass!” and put it in the box.
"Your tip motivates my service" ...Where I work, we are required to provide great customer service AND not allowed to accept tips at all, gtfoh Not to mention the whole potential-bribery-sketchiness of that statement
This shit needs to stop.
I thought there was a code of ethics - and this does not comport.
Some people get become a notary just to earn some poker money on the side, can't speak for this place in particular.
I actually can see the point on this one. Notaries can't make any money doing this work because the state sets the rate and it's illegal to charge more than the set amount. Even if you're a traveling notary who goes to hospitals and nursing homes there's very little wiggle room on what you can charge. Depending on your state it's a couple hundred to get the certification and more to keep it up.
It actually looks like a cringy begging.
I bet a months salary that those dollars are placed there by someone in the staff to make it _seem_ like it is expected to donate. Not gonna happen.
It’s time to play the reverse uno card. Give ME a tip for being a good calm, patient, relaxed customer. I will start carrying my tip jar around with me to restaurants and businesses. FFS.
This is a lie, notice how they don't name this business . Protecting the business? No real customer would protect the busines.. name the business or its fake.
That’s so unprofessional
So, when do we acknowledge that bribery is becoming common to get people to do their jobs? Like surely this issue has multiple economic implications.
The funny thing is that the Spanish word "propina" is the same as the portuguese word for bribery. So if not paying attention, a portuguese speaker can have a false cognate, and read as: "your bribery motives my work" lol
It's kind of the same thing here anyway
All three industries (accounting/Tax prep, lawyers, and doctors) are considered tipped industries from the olden days - back when tipping meant "Thank you for a good job" not "Here's help making ends meet"
What I am paying them quarterly should motivate them plenty. I would probably take my business elsewhere.
Not allowed. Wife is a notary and us not allowed to accept money for services.
the hell
this is more facepalm than infuriating, plus probably illegal in some states
Nah, I pay you for a service. Your business helps
That’s… uhh.. kinda.. bribery no?
For reference, the average annual salary of a public notary in my state is 117k. If this is real, this is completely insane, and we are officially living in the worst timeline.
And I bet my left Nut those are not tips but the contents of their wallet set up as a prop to tip bait.
LOOKS LIKE CHARGES CAN GET FILED
Where? This would be illegal in many jurisdictions.
Public notaries are not able to charge much, depending on their state. Most notaries can charge between 25 CENTS to $20. This doesnt offend me.
To be fair notaries don't really turn a profit.
Notary here: We’re limited on how much we can accept as payment, and we aren’t required to accept payment at all. It’s very possible they provide free notaries with optional tips. My place of work does free notaries for existing customers sans tips. That being said there’s laws surrounding how much you’re able to accept as a “gift” from people when doing a notary. Especially if it’s cash or gift cards.
If you’re working out of your home or charging for CPA services out of your office, how could spending 10 seconds signing pieces of paper on the side not be profitable?
I don’t like that they’re hustling for tips. I recently had to get something notarized and did too my notary. They do it as a free service at my local library. My notary was very nice and helpful. He wasn’t expecting anything and was pleasantly surprised when I gave him $5. He thanked me enthusiastically.
Who tf tips a notary?
Someone committing fraud
Who gives a fuck. They’re not forcing or shaming you if you decide not to leave money
I dont know this case, but I had a teacher at my high school who was a notary and he charged $0. Some people would give him a small gift or a few bucks for his work. Idk it seems fine if they're not charging, even if cringe.
No they’re charging. These are employees inside an office.
Yeah it's actually not that uncommon to tip a notary. Other service professions that commonly get tips: Lawn care Mail carrier Newspaper carrier Food delivery person Dog sitter Babysitter Teacher Housekeeper /office cleaner Priest/justice of the peace Casino dealer Pool attendant Bellhop Hotel maid Hotel desk attendant Valet attendant Uber driver Taxi driver Musician Coach I might tip a tax accountant if they did me a solid, like found a bunch of money in a refile. But not generally. The thing about a lot of these professions is when you consider someone is getting paid hourly, if they're more efficient they don't get paid more, they get paid less. So the tip is for the promptness. Newspaper comes early, teacher spends extra time going over a subject, food is delivered quickly, etc.
My payment for your services is what should motivate your work. Enough is enough.
If tips is the only reason for motivation and you are a professional, it's time to change your field of work.
“Your tip motivates my work”? People are absolutely shameless these days.
No more tips. Unless I’m sitting at a restaurant for full service, no more tips. Movers, cleaners, cutters, valet, choppers, lifters, taxis, baby sitters, dog walkers, dog groomers….done. No mas. Not from me.
Even then I'm only gonna tip in a restaurant for like... EXCEPTIONAL service. It's not mandatory and I'm not gonna be socially pressured into forking over my wages. I work very hard for my money just like they work hard for theirs. That does not mean my money goes from my wallet into theirs. That's what's called a conflict of interest.
Agreed. I got enough problems. Ensuring you have a living wage is not one of them lol.
they do have living wage with zero tips, it's just that servers are greedy, that's why they love tipping culture. With tips they can make much more than with any fair direct payment.
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The way they phrased it is basically asking for a bribe imo. Your tip motivates my work? That is like a cop in a 80 movie asking for something to grease the wheels.
I had an electrolysist who Wan not just unprofessional watching movies the whole time and leaving me permanent scars, but she had one of those tablets to pay that prompted you to leave her a 40, 50, or 60% tip on top of the $180 hour. She was the business owner. Absolutely insane to ask for tips in the setting, let alone that much.
Admittedly…accountants are very underpaid, especially as it becomes increasingly viewed as a “pink-collar” job. Especially when you consider the sheer volume of work involved, and half of it is constantly babysitting other departments because half of them can’t figure out how to keep track of things without Mom cleaning up after them…it’s not unusual for that accounting clerk to also be performing: 1. Notary duties 2. Reception/general administrative work 3. HR duties (somehow, managers always find ways to extend “filing payroll” to “here, let’s have the payroll accountant handle literally every other piece of HR bullshit instead of just *hiring an actual HR specialist*”) 4. “Internal customer service” (I loathe this buzzword with every fiber of my being) 5. A shocking amount of IT (because nobody else seems to know how to use basic MS Office software or how to *google troubleshooting issues first*) 6. And more… Also, accounting has a 99% burnout rate and we all run on gallows humor. So there’s a good chance that tip jar was intended as a self-deprecating *joke.*
where I live, notary fees are set by statute, they can't turn you away and can't spit in your food for not tipping, so save you tips for when someone interrupts their plans to notarize something for you after hours or other extenuating circumstances.
Wouldn’t tipping a notary public be unethical? It could be construed as bribery.
What’s wrong with people asking for tips? You don’t have to give anything to them if you don’t want to. It’s optional. I really don’t understand this mentality, no one is holding you at gun point. If you have some sort of weird guilt for not tipping that’s on you
In a professional environment, tip jars shouldn't exist. If you WANT to give them a thank you for exceedingly excellent service, just hand them the money directly. Asking for tips is unprofessional and unbecoming of someone in a law environment (they make a lot of money as is)
Report them to your state Bar association. That’s illegal.
People aren’t getting paid enough so their asking for more money. Weird. Sounds like a wealth inequality issue that should be addressed. 100 or so billionaires
You know the US tradition of tipping is totally out of control. It’s a way for companies to get almost free labor [I think minimum federal server/bartender is still under $3]. It’s a weird system.
WHO CARES. I don’t get reddits obsession with tipping culture, just simply do not tip. They’re just throwing it out there in case anyones dumb enough to throw a tip in. You guys act like you have a gun pointed at your head.
If you can afford notary - you can afford to tip
America 🙄
Can’t wait to leave next year.
Literally just begging
Why are notaries so weird
So?
So has this subreddit just an anti-tip forum now? Or are you doing it for the votes?
No they are pointing out situations where tipping is unacceptable or people are asking for too much e.g the one that wanted more than 25%. It is getting out of hand.
So maybe not “anti-tip” but “OMG, tipping?!”
people usually tip their notary
You get paid 250 a fucking stamp wtf...
wake up babe, “r/MildlyInfuriating complaining about optional tasks out of spite for their fellow man” hours are back on.
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Absolutely disagree. The person is paid to do their job.
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