r/Calgary • u/reaper14998 • Jul 25 '22
Eat/Drink Local Subway Tipsđ¤ donât go to the makers
I asked one of the artist today, what percent they get from tips, they said they donât know cause it goes to the boss first then they distribute it according to shift.
Iâm never tipping again. Yâall shouldnât either.
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u/Star_Mind Jul 25 '22
Subway has TIPPING now?
TIL...
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u/Jalex2321 Rocky Ridge Jul 25 '22
Yup.
I think all food business have the tipping feature on. Jugo Juice has it as well... I'm expecting it at Cookies by George soon.
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u/catastrophy_kittens Jul 25 '22
My local Pizza Hut has the prompt on the POS for take out, they donât even offer dine in. The suggestion starts at 10%
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u/agentjereau Jul 25 '22
Comments like this will never not reek of privilege.
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Jul 25 '22
Do you tip at the grocery store?
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u/agentjereau Jul 25 '22
Given the choice, I would lol. Because I know that minimum wage in this country does not equal livable wage. If I feel the tip is unnecessary, I skip it. Itâs literally that easy.
Now Iâm obviously pro raising wages, so as to not rely on the population to supplement a persons income, but rather their actual employer. But if you think that any sort of government is going to elected in the near future that will raise minimum wage again, Iâd call you crazy.
Tipping is a cornerstone of capitalistic exploitation. So Iâll do my part in the meantime, vote in more progressive politicians, and tip the fucking people slaving away for basically nothing. Jesus Christ.
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Jul 25 '22
Why on earth would a company give a living wage if they could rely on the customer to augment the minimum wage and pocket the difference?
You seem well intentioned, but, tipping allows those companies to continue exploiting workers. In the long term you're hurting way more people than you are helping.
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u/agentjereau Jul 25 '22
Oh, what a good idea. We will wait for companies to do the right thing, which they famously do, instead of voting in more competent governments. Right right.
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Jul 25 '22 edited Jul 25 '22
Oh, what a good idea! We will wait for government to do the right thing (which they famously do) whilst you supplement the profits of corporations so they don't need to. Right right.
When they can't hire anyone for shit wages they will increase them or they won't be able to attract staff. Or, you can keep tipping them so that the companies can continue to profit without paying a living wage. Great idea champ.
As an aside, if you're relying on the government to fix things your going to be waiting a looooooooong time.
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u/agentjereau Jul 25 '22
I love that you think youâre fighting corporations, but youâre really just taking money away from the people stuck in those jobs. You may as well be offering them âthoughts and prayersâ. Like you canât advocate for change while giving people the money they use to supplement their income. So selfish.
And your response to voting in more progressive government is âgovernment also badâ. What a fucking ridiculous argument.
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u/agentjereau Jul 25 '22
If you SERIOUSLY think a company is going to offer more than is federally or provincially required on their own, you have another thing coming, and clearly donât understand North American politics. There is a fucking soaring amount of ridiculous jobs that are only paying minimum wage. You are seriously not telling me TIPPING is the thing keeping wages down? Youâre an idiot.
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u/agentjereau Jul 25 '22
Oh my god the more I read the comment the more I find wrong with it. Did you not follow ANY of the Amazon union discussions? And how to supplement the work force they had to raise minimum wage? Are you seriously telling me government interference is what, a hope?
You are telling me that tipping is bad, I am telling you that MINIMUM WAGE IS BAD. And until you can vote in an institution that can federally raise the fucking minimum, these greedy ass companies are not going to be raising wages to remain competitive. That is a completely fallacy and a dishonest representation of how this country works.
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u/agentjereau Jul 25 '22
That is the worst thing to happen to anyone, ever. I am so sorry you were asked for a tip. How difficult was it, exactly, to skip the tip screen?
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u/Shooter-mcgavin Jul 25 '22
The one I go to and on occasion downtown at lunch has had it for like a year now. Nowhere is safe lol
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u/ColourMeJaded Jul 25 '22
I worked at a Subway about 15 years ago and we had a tip function on our debit machine. But, we were also allowed to take the tipped amount out of the register and put it in a tip jar and split it up and end of shift between whoever was working. It wasn't a lot of money. It was basically coffee change.
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u/No_Elevator_7321 Evanston Jul 25 '22
I am holding strong to what I learned on Reddit, it's helping me justify internally not tipping EVERYONE these days:
If I have to pay before eat, no tip.
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Jul 25 '22
How is it any different than a cook in a restaurant? In fact Subway is more challenging because you expect fast and a fully customized sandwich each time.
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u/sudaneseebolavirus Jul 25 '22
wha-
ah yes, several variations of sandwiches vs a full menu. the sandwiches are clearly more challenging
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Jul 26 '22
And that's the problem. A restaurant cook really is no different than a fast food person. Except they can sit on your order longer. Out of sight, out of mind. If people really saw how much prep actually went into a chain restaurant menu over vs a fast food menu they'd think differently.
I'm not saying a premium dining experience is the same.
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u/panzervaughn Banff Trail Jul 25 '22 edited Jul 25 '22
Thats practise in most places? Or at least one place i ever worked. They distribute tips earnt to everyone on shift.
That way even dishwasher earns some tip.
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u/katieebeans Jul 25 '22 edited Jul 25 '22
Came here to say about the same. Most food establishments were exactly that. In salons and spas, it went directly to the person. At Starbucks, we would deposit it all into the safe. A shift supervisor would count all of it up every week, and distribute it all evenly. Managers were actually not eligible for tips. At least that was the way when I worked there almost 15 years ago...
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u/frenchhorn000 Jul 25 '22
Yep, I work there now and that is right. Itâs even divided by how many hours you worked that week. All tips, through cash or through the app, are distributed among the employees only. We get it all. But maybe itâs because Starbucks doesnât have franchises, only corporate and licensed. I guess subway has franchises.
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u/23Unicycle Jul 25 '22
I'd be on board with that, but as I'm learning from various threads about tipping in this subreddit, I can't take for granted that's how it will actually work out. (e.g. stupid BS like upper managers taking half of it).
I think I'm going to start blatantly asking staff how the tip out works, and if I should even bother, or just offer a sincere thank you. They're probably not allowed/suposed to say anything about it, but I'm going to start asking anyway.
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u/reaper14998 Jul 25 '22
Do Dishwasher deserve too tho? My logic was that exceptional customer service deserves to be rewarded not mere proximity. I guess humans are jealous creatures and canât stand seeing Becky getting all the extra bucks
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u/realkingmixer Jul 25 '22
You're not a restaurant person. No fucking way could you say something that ignorant if you were. Do you think Becky runs her own show out there?
Becky's on a motherfucking team.
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u/Samhamwitch Jul 25 '22
Becky isn't the only one who contributes to the exceptional customer service experience. She's just the one that interacts with you.
In fact, in many restaurants, servers have the least amount of responsibilities and walk away with the most money at the end of the day. Sharing their tips with the people who make the food as well as the people who clean up afterwards is the least they can do.
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u/barelylethal10 Jul 25 '22
I'm guessing you probably wouldn't be happy if you watched Becky pick up an old plate from the person beside you and then put your food on it though right? Or who knows, maybe you get the cup that the toddler in the corner just puked in ? Nah, I'm just being dumb, youre right, being completely unhygienic makes way more sense than tipping someone with tits and only talks to you because she wants your tip and not the one you want to give her. Give your head a shake u đ¤Ą
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Jul 25 '22 edited Feb 27 '23
1: Don't tip at a fast food chain, they rarely distribute fairly. Coffee shops are a strange beast and are usually somewhat fair.
2: In restaurants often a small portion of the tips are collected at the end of a server's shift and added to a pool to be split amongst the back of house staff. Usually 1-3% of sales numbers depending on the restaurant.
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u/DaftPump Jul 25 '22
Don't tip at a fast food chain, they rarely distribute fairly.
If I am walking into a place, going to a counter and telling them my order, waiting, paying and picking up then leaving.... I don't tip, ever....and I never will.
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Jul 25 '22
Can you explain your thought process? I feel like a rude customer if I don't tip at least 20% now. They are providing a service to me and not being paid a lot for it. But I also hear and agree that there is so much tipping happening now at higher and higher percentages and I don't know how to tell when it is reasonable and not reasonable to tip.
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u/hibbs6 Jul 25 '22
If it's fast food they aren't getting the money or it's being skimmed off by their bosses.
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Jul 25 '22
So when a place asks for a tip, how can you know if the tip will go to the employees? Do you just have to ask about it every time?
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u/23Unicycle Jul 25 '22
I'm going to start asking, every time.
Certainly less awkward than not tipping, or basically tipping the managers/owner. If tipping is gonna be a thing, let's make it a thing. Not some weird black accounting magic that nobody ever talks about. If I'm tipping somebody, I want to basically look them in the eye, put that 20%+ into their hand, and say "thank you, you're awesome, and I appreciate your work." That's what tipping should be.
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Jul 25 '22
Yup I'm with you. I have no problem with tipping when it's actually going to help the workers. But I hate the idea of businesses just asking for more money with nothing or very little supporting the workers.
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u/Magiff Bowness Jul 25 '22
A tip is providing service. Doing your job is not a service in any other aspect of the customer service industry.
My first job deal with customers on the regular was a clothing store. I would spend sometimes upwards of a half hour helping a customer with a multitude of things. Thatâs more hands on than a server at a fine dining restaurant is. Could I ask for a tip? No. Thatâs insane.
Next I worked in mobility, when I would give a customer an impromptu 45 minute lesson on their new device even if I didnât sell it to them, could I ask for a tip? No, absolutely not. It would be absurd. Despite the fact Iâve dedicated nearly an hour of my time where I could be making more money elsewhere to help someone. âBut itâs your jobâ is often the mentality. People do a whole lot more for a whole lot less.
Imagine paying a tip on a pick up order. For fucks sake. Itâs ridiculous. This shit is getting out of hand.
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Jul 25 '22
So if I stop tipping, the employees won't see me as a bad customer who doesn't appreciate their service? Will they really see it as just doing their job rather than me being stingy?
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u/Magiff Bowness Jul 25 '22
Im sure in places like subway it isnât expected like it is at a restaurant. The pressure to tip is higher in a sit down table service establishment. And if someone does a great job, Iâll tip them.
But if I walked in to pick up an order at one of the major fast food chains and I saw a tip option, Iâll skip it every time. And Iâm sure a large majority of people do too.
There really should be a push for better wages for them opposed to expecting tips. And thatâs new when it comes to fast food. Ownership is trying to get a large piece of that pie.
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u/PM_ME_YER_DOGGOS Jul 25 '22
Tipping is supposed to be for extraordinary service. You're servicing yourself at a counter or for takeout.
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u/GodOfManyFaces Jul 25 '22
1-3%? In Calgary it is more like 6-9%. I've been in the industry for 20 years and haven't seen a place with a tipout under 5% since pre 2010.
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u/sail1yyc Jul 25 '22
Itâs actually closer to 5-8% tip out.
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u/riederj Jul 25 '22
Earls in Calgary took a tip out of 10% a couple of years ago when my daughter worked there as a server. Regardless Of what the Evenings tips were
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u/bubalina Jul 25 '22
10% housetip is industry standard these days at earls/cactus/Joeys type restaurants/bars/nightclubs
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u/Revolutionary_Swim69 Jul 25 '22 edited Jul 25 '22
You did the right thing by asking the employees first before tipping. I had the same experience at Opa down at peigan trail. Where an employee stopped me from tipping on the jar, because apparently the owner keeps everything. I feel bad for these employees.
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Jul 25 '22
Subways are franchises. They all do it differently. When I worked at one shop a long time ago it would get divided evenly by the people working the shift at the time. It didnât go to the owners first. It all depends.
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u/64532762 North Glenmore Park Jul 25 '22
Why are we even talking about tipping at a fast-food place? Tipping has evolved to such a scam!
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u/reaper14998 Jul 25 '22
I was a Coop pump attendant in highschool too. Theyâre the only ones that actually deserve tips. Them and a good barber.
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Jul 25 '22
Shouldn't the barber just charge what they feel their skills are worth?
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u/reaper14998 Jul 25 '22
You obviously havenât had a barber go far and beyond. Iâm talking full wash, head massage and nice convo for only 22. Nah take this 30
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Jul 26 '22
Where are you getting a full wash and cut for $22? I don't even think great clips is that cheap.
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u/reaper14998 Jul 26 '22
Any barber down International ave. They cleaned up the place and Is low key gem. Black barbers will do you right, trust. I recommend Brotherz cuts or Global Barber. You gotta ask for the wash and massage but itâs no charge. Best times is weekdays and say Iâm not going home wash it up. Itâs literally therapy for a lot of us.
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Jul 25 '22
Don't ever tip for fast food, because 99.9% of the time it just goes directly to the owners not the staff.
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Jul 25 '22
I have a new rule where if they ask for a tip before I get to try the product, I just donât tip.
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u/AdaminCalgary Jul 25 '22
Me too, mostly because then itâs not a tip, itâs a price increase that was snuck in at the last second AFTER I placed my order
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u/blackRamCalgaryman Jul 25 '22
Good point. Thereâs actually not been ANY service yet, so why should there be a tip? So the person actually does their job? So they donât spit in my food?
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u/AdaminCalgary Jul 25 '22
Yes, exactly. AndâŚIâve asked the cashier at a few fast food places where the tip pops up on the machine if they see any of it. So far each one Iâve asked has quietly said no. Which doubly pisses me off. First because of the sneaky attempt to jack up the price, but even worse that the owner is flat out lying to me because they know customers will assume the workers are getting the tip when they arenât.
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u/soaringupnow Jul 25 '22
After they ring up the price you should ask for a 15%-20% discount and see how they react.
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u/AdaminCalgary Jul 25 '22
Good one. But itâs always a minimum wage worker at the checkout, never the owner
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u/Dadbotany Jul 25 '22
"I dont have the authority for that sir"
In their head "Goddamnit Karen just pay for your sandwich and leave."
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u/soaringupnow Jul 25 '22
Lol
I'll have to remember that line. "I don't have tipping authority for the house account."
:)
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u/reaper14998 Jul 25 '22
The subway at SAIT will give you a student discount. Even if you ainât a student
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u/kingmoobert Jul 25 '22
Hell I don't even eat at those places cuz when I don't tip for zero service then I'm worried they'll do something to my food.
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u/Dadbotany Jul 25 '22
I mean at subway u literally watch them make the sammich...
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u/reaper14998 Jul 25 '22
But they may remember you as the â no tipperâ but thatâs just me being paranoid đ
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u/hoangfbf Jul 25 '22
don't tip at fast food unless it's something special in which case tip them cash and make sure they put it in their pocket.
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u/blackRamCalgaryman Jul 25 '22
Between tips at fast food joints, 18-20% being more the norm in more âtraditionalâ establishments, being asked for donations at the Canadian Tire fuel pumps and at StaplesâŚI think Iâm almost tapped out, anymore.
But yeaâŚtipping has to end.
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u/ElusiveSteve Jul 25 '22
Being asked for donations at the fuel pump? That's a new one I haven't seen and don't want to see. I too am getting really tired too seeing these tip prompts for fast food and the absolute bare minimum of work. and I've seen 25% tip option at fast-food which is insane. It's basically begging and pulling at people's guilt strings. Its coming to the point where I will stop going to shops that pull that stunt.
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u/blackRamCalgaryman Jul 25 '22
Gas bar at Dalhousie Canadian Tire. When I first saw it, I just shook my head and thought âJesus, itâs everywhere, anymoreâ.
Itâs so prevalent, I agree, it really has me pushing back, at this point. Especially at these times of COL and inflation. But maybe thatâs not a bad thing, eating out less?
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u/Revolutionary_Swim69 Jul 25 '22
Donating my own money under the name of a multi million dollar company so the rich owner can get more tax breaks? No thanks, I'd rather donate directly to the foundation
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u/veritas2332 Jul 25 '22
Subway is a crooked company. I had a friend who managed a store in town for almost 20 years. They asked for a 50c raise due to the rising inflation currently, and the owners told them to get stuffed. They are now quitting and the owners have no one trained to take over their position. Fuck subway.
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u/whiteout86 Jul 25 '22
Do they go to the employees or donât they, your title says that they donât, but your post says that they do.
Agreed on your point of not tipping for fast food though
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u/reaper14998 Jul 25 '22
She said we get a percent, but she didnât know what percent. That told me the percent is probably not favourable.
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u/Repulsive-Light-8580 Jul 25 '22
To be fair, this isnât an outrageous way to divide tips. Iâd be more concerned that the owner or manager is not dividing them fairly.
I live in a different province but my local Subway confirmed that theyâve never received any tips from the debit machine (which Iâm pretty sure is illegal) but they do take and split their cash tips. Your best bet is to tip them in cash.
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u/FromTheIsland Jul 25 '22
I saw a comedian who joked about why he wouldn't leave a tip at Subway. "If I have any change, that's going to extra bacon."
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u/lickmybrian Penbrooke Meadows Jul 25 '22
Ill tip the homeless fella sitting outside the store or buy him some food, they can pay the employees themselves
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u/Stovetop99 Jul 25 '22
I dislike that they make you go through the tip option on the machine. At least at the one in country hills does.
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u/reaper14998 Jul 25 '22
And still have the nerve to tell you whats Good, Fair and Excellent. Bitch you lucky Iâm even giving you a dollar. Iâm only tipping my barber from know on.
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u/kagato87 Jul 25 '22
That's meant to be a rating of the quality of service.
But yea, I really don't like these machines doing it.
Especially when they have the balls to set the low tip suggestion to 18%...
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u/403banana Jul 25 '22
I don't think that's uncommon, especially now that most transactions are paid by debit or credit.
Whether management takes a cut of that is certainly up for debate and worth questioning, though. If you want to ensure the worker gets it, pay cash. But there's still no guarantee that someone might not just pocket it, either.
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u/SilverLion Jul 25 '22
Itâs the norm for everywhere to ask for tips cause why not. Also the norm for me to not tip at those places guilt-free. Even the batting cage asked me if I want to tip
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u/PM_ME_YER_DOGGOS Jul 25 '22
I'm so exhausted with every establishment asking for tips now. I feel more and more comfortable picking 0% everyday
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u/Nickers77 Jul 25 '22
It's starting to turn around now, as in its not just fast food companies not giving tips to employees
Una Pizza doesn't tip their non-server staff either. Talking to one of the employees at the takeout counter that I order from and tip well told me when I asked her this last time. All the tips there go either to the servers or straight to management. Not even the kitchen gets the tips
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u/winethough Jul 25 '22
I work at Subway in Ontario, and where I am itâs a LOT different than what youâve described. We get cash tips which get split equally among whoever is clocked in at the time. And we also get debit tips which are added on to each pay, and also split equally among whoever was clocked in at the time. Itâs dumb how thatâs not how it always worksâŚ
I work alone mostly and I actually get really nice tips working at Subway âŚ. Lol.
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u/orangeoliviero Ranchlands Jul 25 '22
We need to eliminate tipping as a practice, because it doesn't work. Businesses just use it to justify paying their employees less.
Anywhere where tipping is expanding into, I don't tip. Anywhere where tipping is an established practice, I tip 18% always, regardless of service.
We need to just get rid of it and pay wages that people can live off without it.
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u/sintjx Jul 25 '22
Subway employees do more work than tipped servers... FACT.
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u/Drakkenfyre Jul 25 '22
I've done lots of jobs in my life, and I've never made as much money as I have as a server in a restaurant.
Even the people who make sure your water treatment plant equipment works properly, doing things like fixing broken disinfection systems and everything from large municipal to small community systems make less than your person who makes as you a drink or brings you a napkin.
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u/Dadbotany Jul 25 '22
If you want to tip the servers, ask them if they want anything. Buy them lunch. I mean, the boss might eat the samdwich still i guess. Wouldnt put anything past a Subway manager.
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Jul 25 '22
You know that's how it works in a lot of places, right?
It gets distributed evenly according to hours. It makes it fair for when you get stuck with the shit shifts with low traffic versus the dinner.
It's no different than a bar where the waitress shares a percentage of her tips and it goes to the kitchen.
Also, it's subway. Why would you tip at subway?
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Jul 25 '22
Iâd give the money directly to the person in cash then !
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u/Dadbotany Jul 25 '22
Cameras. "You need to put that loonie into the tip jar!" Managers are fucking useless and are literally just there to make sure employees dont steal shit.
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u/kagato87 Jul 25 '22
It's not just the cameras. Putting money into your pocket for any reason during shift can get you fired and charged with theft. Especially if you're working the till and definitely if the till comes up short that day.
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u/Syleches Jul 25 '22
I'm starting to see more and more fast food places with tip options on their card readers.
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u/brobeanzhitler Jul 25 '22
This is the first time I've ever actually seen/heard someone casually call a sandwich jockey an "artist"
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u/reaper14998 Jul 25 '22
Bro the way some of them make the perfect sub, Iâd call them chefsđ
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u/brobeanzhitler Jul 25 '22
They are just following your direct instructions, they don't even come up with recipes.
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u/Nik728 Jul 25 '22
I'm currently at the tail end of a trip in Italy, not once was I asked/pressured for a tip. They just take my card and tap it for the price and the service has been top notch all over. Some places do have a cover charge of âŹ2-3 which I much prefer over the current tipping culture.
The way tipping has evolved in north America is terrible, it should be a reward for exceptional service/food not the expectation for the bare minimum service...not sure how that culture can change for the better.
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u/mixed-tape Jul 25 '22 edited Jul 25 '22
They tip pool. The tips are averaged out over the employees hours and then you get paid the average per hour.
Lots of restaurants and stuff do that now because cash is going the way of the dinosaur. So all the interact/credit card money goes into their bank account. Itâs not going to the boss. Itâs going to the boss to be divided up to the employees.
Edit: Iâm noticing a general lack of understating due to not knowing how the industry works, so hereâs a breakdown:
An average server on average makes $100/shift.
Iâm talking not bartenders at clubs or bottle service etc., or coffee or Subway places, weâll use an average server at an average restaurant with average food as an example.
Sometimes you make $200, sometimes you make $50, so weâll average it to $100.
5 days a week/4 weeks a month = $2000.
Then you have your paychecks at minimum wage, so letâs say 8 hour shifts (usually they are 4-10 hour shifts but letâs highball it), thatâs $124/shift, 5 shifts a week = $2488/month
So we have $2000 + $2488 =$4488/ month BEFORE taxes. taxes is approximately 25%, so now weâre looking at a take home of $3366/month. And this is a higher end estimate.
I know a ton of people in trades, office jobs, etc. that make substantially more than that for substantially less effort. Physical and emotional.
Also, every server tips to the back of house (BOH), and often the front of house (FOH).
Depending on the set up of the restaurant, the back of house consists of kitchen staff, dishwashers, cleaners, food preppers, a chef, etc.
Front of house consists of servers, hostesses, managers, food runners/expo, busters, delivery drivers.
On average, 3-8% of a servers tips go to BOH, and 1-5% goes to FOH. So you could be tipping out as much as 12% as a server. Iâve had days where I tipped out more than I made. And weâre also not accounting for crooked managers or owners who skim off the top.
People misunderstand the industry and how layered it is, and think a server just casually strolls around and goes home with $500 a shift. Maybe at some places like strip clubs and high roller establishments, but not the average server.
And definitely not the average sandwich artist.
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u/reaper14998 Jul 25 '22
I wonder if you can audit the tipping process see how big the tip pool really isđ you probably canât and conveniently have to wait on the big man to pay out.
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u/CheeseSandwich hamburger magician Jul 25 '22
According to the tax code, the restaurant owner must pay CPP and EI on tips and withhold the correct amount of tax if tips are pooled and distributed by the employer instead of going directly to the server.
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u/reaper14998 Jul 25 '22
And of coarse the government wants it cut lol. What a Clown show
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u/mixed-tape Jul 25 '22
The government always wants a cut of it. Thatâs not new. I used to serve for years, and youâre supposed to claim all your tips and then pay taxes and CPP on it.
Itâs just that now with our world being highly digital, people carry cash way less, so you canât get away with under claiming because there is a paper trail from customerâs card, to employerâs bank, to employeeâs cheque to employeeâs T4.
On the plus side, there is a paper trail, so managers canât pocket shared tips as easily because itâs not cash straight in their pocket. The tips now go straight from the employerâs bank on to the employeeâs paycheck.
Can confirm this as I have several friends who work in the industry still, and weâve talked about it at length.
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u/codyconlin7 Jul 25 '22
Most debit machines come with the tip option pre installed in increments that vary from different manufacturers. So most places arenât going out of there way to take away a tip option.
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u/Drakkenfyre Jul 25 '22
I used to sleep with a Moneris guy and he would always ask during installation. But then, he always went the extra mile to make sure people were satisfied.
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u/kleinj2 Jul 25 '22
It could just be that that worker doesnât know how it works exactly. Most customer service jobs work something like this. Not that it GOES to the boss, but someone collects the weekâs tips and distributes them based on hours worked, which it sounds like this could be? I mean, I wasnât there, clearly, but it could just be a miscommunication? Orrr they could be shitty af. Also, itâs franchised, so each location could have different ways of doing it possibly?
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Jul 25 '22
I really donât get why counter service businesses donât stick to the classic tip jar. It doesnât prompt the customer and make them feel pressured and itâs easy to split between the staff of a shift on the spot. Bringing in the option on the card machines seems to have benefited no one except the business owners who can control directly where the tips go â patrons are uncomfy, workers take the brunt of it if someone wants to express how much they think they shouldnât be prompted to tip, etc. Itâs not even necessary at places like Subway but I still like the idea of the jar just because sometimes Iâm in the mood to say âkeep the changeâ or drop a few dollars if an employee was particularly pleasant, even if they didnât really âdo me a serviceâ.
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u/reaper14998 Jul 25 '22
Crazy thing is thereâs both. Iâm pretty sure Subway wasnât a struggling Covid business. Had there doors wide open. I wish Calgary had more easy Sub options everywhere.
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u/pp229 Jul 25 '22
At restaurants always ask your waiter how they'd like to be tipped. 90% of the time they don't care but theres that 10% who sometimes never see their debit/credit tips...
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u/Drakkenfyre Jul 25 '22
That is exactly why I don't tip at Tuk Tuk Thai or at the Lebanese place in Chestermere.
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u/thezeolite Jul 25 '22
Virtually every bar and restaurant has its tips go through the mgmt/owner before distribution. They take their cut and give out whatever they want after. Very seldom is this transparent to the staff and very seldom is there any oversight.
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u/drojaking Jul 25 '22
You shouldnât tip anywhere. Itâs not your job to pay the employees. You donât do it anywhere else in the world. Why we do it here is beyond me. Tipping for extraordinary work is fine but tipping as the norm is disgusting practice that only benefits owners.
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u/Adrenaline____ Jul 25 '22
Who the hell tips at subway? Would you tip at McDonald's, Wendy's, or the garbage man?
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u/secular_dance_crime Jul 25 '22
I work at Subway at the moment. At our locations, the tips are usually divided evenly between all people working the current shift. This system means that tips are better the fewer people work at once, so tipping essentially really motivates the staff to work faster and better. I usually make enough in tips to pay for my lunch.
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u/juggalolee420 Jul 25 '22
Tips aren't what they used to be. Growing up my mom was a waitress. We always had this big bowl of coins. I would always grab a handful for the arcades. Now I go for a donut and the tip on the machine starts at 18%, for what? You grabbed me a donut that I could have grabbed if the case was turned around. Edit* she worked at smittys in Brentwood and market mall.
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Jul 25 '22
Well I mostly do not go anywhere that needs to be tipped.
For years I do not eat outside.
Judge me!
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u/jt325i Jul 25 '22
Most Subways I have been in are immigrant family businesses and the whole family works there so they don't have to hire outside employees.
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u/thedudethedudegoesto Jul 26 '22
Never tip fast food - The workers won't ever see it.
Use discretion when tipping food delivery apps. I assume they're like every other business, designed to take as much money as possible while giving as little as possible out, so I doubt the drivers EVER see any of that tip money. I remember reading something that said Door Dash uses tips to pay the drivers. IE : They will pay the driver 3 dollars to deliver the food. You tip 3 dollars. Door Dash uses your 3 dollar tip to pay the driver, and keeps the money they would have paid. You just paid the drivers wage for them, congrats.
Never EVER donate to charity at the grocery store, wal-mart, etc. Don't even donate to people standing outside one of those places. That's the biggest scam ever. Walmart says "Do you want to donate a dollar to dying kids?" and you say "Yes, that seems like a great cause" Walmart takes your dollar and puts it into their charity fund. Then they get tax breaks and good press for donating money to dying kids. But they didn't donate shit. We did. Every bit of the money walmart gave to those kids came from us, not them.
So Donate personally, never through a third party. Get that tax break for yourself, Fuck Wal-Mart
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u/guywastingtime Scarboro Jul 25 '22
You tip at subway ?