@PaulinMI wrote:
Also, I'm not sure why some shoppers feel like they don't have to tip if it is not reimbursed. Not trying to throw shade at anyone, but my reasoning is that if I was going to eat there on my own dime, I would be tipping out of my own earnings. If I am shopping and have to use a few bucks of my own out of the earnings I am getting from the shop, seems like the same to me.
@JASFLALMT wrote:
I guess so. I sometimes do too, shop at DG. It's not a horrible place (though they have some horrible locations for some stores). But that's not the point. Griffy's comparison between the job types is like comparing apples and oranges, and like some other posts in this thread, makes no sense.
And I do feel for people's circumstances and give money accordingly. Heck, it beats giving money to a Go Fund Me account where funds get misappropriated, or donating money to a entity that says they are non-profit (but who knows where the money really goes).
@boridi wrote:
You want a 20% tip? Stop charging $12 for a hamburger that I can make at home for $3.
@boridi wrote:
You want a 20% tip? Stop charging $12 for a hamburger that I can make at home for $3.
@JASFLALMT wrote:
You sound like you think that a server has the power to control menu prices.
@boridi wrote:
You want a 20% tip? Stop charging $12 for a hamburger that I can make at home for $3.
@boridi wrote:
@JASFLALMT wrote:
You sound like you think that a server has the power to control menu prices.
@boridi wrote:
You want a 20% tip? Stop charging $12 for a hamburger that I can make at home for $3.
They have the power to walk away from a job that doesn't pay well. Just like secret shoppers can refuse unprofitable jobs. Most shops barely pay $12/hr. Not sure why servers deserve multiples of that for something that isn't any more difficult.
@boridi wrote:
@JASFLALMT wrote:
You sound like you think that a server has the power to control menu prices.
@boridi wrote:
You want a 20% tip? Stop charging $12 for a hamburger that I can make at home for $3.
They have the power to walk away from a job that doesn't pay well. Just like secret shoppers can refuse unprofitable jobs. Most shops barely pay $12/hr. Not sure why servers deserve multiples of that for something that isn't any more difficult.
@sandyf wrote:
As I have said before the ordinary people working in ordinary places in my state are earning as much or more than most mystery shoppers. Yes I know a few of you have figured out how to get the high paying jobs but for most I would bet it works out to a lot less. I worked as a server long ago in a state that paid a special lower wage to servers. I did not make much but all my friends who happened to be a few months older than I was and could work in a place that served drinks earned far more than the regular minimum wage. Yes the job was not easy but since then I have had many other different jobs and none of them were easy. And as for the comment that all you are paying for is the food...that is certainly not true. I am paying to have the food served to me and not thrown at me. I don't know about where the person who said that lives but in my state and every other state I have lived in the server was there to serve, not sit around and spit on people's food. Whether you receive a tip or not your job is to serve. To use an example that LisaStl uses (painters) what if you hired a painting company and paid them $1000 to paint your room. Do you think if you did not give the employee a beer they should just leave the paint and the brush there in the middle of the room for you?
Personally I have no idea how one decides what jobs need a tip. It seems many think every one deserves a tip. When you are in the hospital should you tip the nurse? And if not , why not? How about the teacher? They are also providing a service. And what about the lowly mystery shopper who is getting paid $3-5 for a job that requires them to have a smart phone, computer, know how to use them, a decent car probably and an hour to do that job. If anyone deserves a tip I think we should be on the list.
@themomager wrote:
Also, with your little comment about the $3-$5 per job blah blah blah...taking the $3 jobs really IS a choice when there's a plethora of higher-paying jobs. .