As a European living in Canada, the tipping culture took some time to get used to. It's such a stupid/bad system.
I do wish there was a way to tip the drivers who deliver my Amazon Prime stuff, though.
I don't want to tip someone who presses a few buttons on a screen to take my food order, that they usually mess up and sometimes add on a free side of bad attitude.
I would like an easy way to tip the guy who is trudging through the snow to deliver my 2KG jar of peanut butter at 9:30pm in January. I like this guy...
EDIT: seems like a limited program. But a more permanent one would be good
(Note: I was not home when the delivery was made...)
If you know when an order is coming, you could copy some of the older folks I doordashed for. They often left money for the drivers in an envelope on the door.
Aka, cash, or venmo
https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/17/drivr-tips-last-mile-deliv...
So they don’t get tips on top of the minimum wage.
You could tip 10k, and they'd still be paid at least minimum wage by the employer
Unfortunately, wage theft dwarfs petty theft in the United States due to economic inequality and the inaccessibility of the mostly pay2win American legal system, for the average worker. Millions of workers lose billions in stolen wages every year—nearly as much as all other property theft. [1]
And I didn't say "carry out a lawsuit". You can go to small claims court. Especially since you just lost that job; you can afford the few hours.
I also said "at least", because this is just the plan B if labor enforcement won't do their job and get the money for you. But I assume you don't trust labor enforcement if your plan is to let that 10% get stolen and do nothing.