Gen Z Lead the Fight Against Tipping for Bad Service

To be fair, Zoomers probably think the fact that waitstaff didn’t refer to them as they or xe or whatever is bad service.

When one does not have money apparently to buy soap, one will be discerning also about when to tip the help.

What a coincidence, most of them are also borderline broke.

If you’re ethical, you might consider whether the “bad service” is the kitchen’s fault or your server’s fault.

From what I read on social media, Zoomers are the ones who make up a majority of the service industry - from high end restaurants to family chains. They are the ones who believe they 'work the hardest' and rip apart those who don't tip well or tip at all. They blame the 'Boomers' and Gen X. I guess they can't accept the fact it's their own generation stiffing them.

Tipping got out of control during the pandemic when service workers were out of jobs or struggling. Employers saw it as an opportunity to pay them less and have tips make up the difference. This is the correction for that.

[quote] Employers saw it as an opportunity to pay them less

Employers NEVER paid them less (that would be illegal and break every labor law on the books). They paid them the same as before the pandemic hit. It was the customers who 'felt bad' that these workers were working through the pandemic and subjecting themselves to working with people who may or may not been infected with COVID. Even more, these customers felt bad that these servers were not working the 'bar' or 'dining room' and instead were assigned to the 'take out' counter filling orders. So these customers were over-compensating with rather generous tips so these servers could 'pay their bills'.

I do believe these service workers definitely have taken advantage of these generous customers and now expect everyone to 'overcompensate' these days, even though things are pretty much back to normal for a while.

[quote]They found that 74 percent of Generation Z respondents, aged 18-27, admitted to walking out without tipping due to unsatisfactory service, the highest percentage among all age groups.

So Gen Z has many assholes clearly unfamiliar with the reality that "gratuities" are, in reality, a living wage, given that the large majority of America's servers and bartenders earn all of $2.13/hour, as does any profession where tips are a "primary" income source.

[quote]From what I read on social media, Zoomers are the ones who make up a majority of the service industry - from high end restaurants to family chains. They are the ones who believe they 'work the hardest' and rip apart those who don't tip well or tip at all. They blame the 'Boomers' and Gen X.

See above. They're right, and I say that as a Gen Xer. If a gratuity was *actually* a gratuity – and not a de facto living wage – it'd be a far different story, but it's not. Also, I'll hazard a guess you never waited or bussed tables in high school or college. Everyone I know who did, myself included, KNOWS how hard people bust their asses to get the job done, along with the fact that most "problems" blamed on servers are beyond their control, particularly kitchen delays.

They're such babies and in for such a rude awakening in life.

I'm not surprised. I had a service industry job and three demographics were extremely consistent in their refusal to tip: Chinese people, Indian people and customers under 30.