I worked in hospitality for years. It’s tough, thankless, and not paid well. Tip heavy and often!
Good, and the business should compensate the waiters like in rest of the developed world.
Once people stop tipping waiters will quit and businesses will be force to either pay them like regular staff or move to self service.
The person that does the work.
Yes the waiter cooked the food, cleaned the dishes, bussed the dishes, seated the table(politely!), and so on. They did the work.
I worked in a restaurant with tip sharing. The point behind it was, motivation by every step in the chain, for all persons, to do a good job. To compensate for a job well done.
So that even the dishwasher, would take time to endure glasses spotless, to put that little extra touch.
And all were hired, including the waiters, with this understanding.
Which means, you are advocating theft from coworkers!
If this is indicative of how waiters think today, I will be paying by card, and tipping by card.
To ensure a waiter doesn't steal from their coworkers, if tip sharing is a thing.
The actual solution is simply to pay staff a reasonable wage just like every other job. Lucky the solution is simple for customers, defect from the spiraling tip system.
Of course you wouldn't want to have gratuity flow to the lowest paid of the staff, which has the most sweat enducing, filthy, labourish job in the place. They're probably an immigrant too, so screw em, right?
(The above response is due to you singling out the dishwasher, instead of, say, the chef, or everyone).
First, in Canada (unlike the US), everyone is paid a wage. Tipping amounts are different too, as a result.
However, tip sharing is not a new thing. I was part of it in the early 80s, in Canada, and it has nothing to do with the latest "tip me for just doing my job" culture.
Tip sharing properly reflects the wholeness of the job, not just the singularity of the waiting staff.
And while it is reasonable for you to have a different opinion on tip sharing being good or not, this does not change the fact that if you work a job with tip sharing, pocketing tips is theft.
I bet it's OK for all the other waiters to tip share, but then one waiter steal tips from the pool too?
Even with today's "the owner has money, slack off! Steal from them! Work as little as possible!" trend, this is taking money from hard working co-workers!.
It is theft.
People get up in arms about tipping because the numbers have gotten so out of whack. 20% tips being expected completely undermine the basic economics of restaurants which is why they get so focused on tip sharing. The current expectation is to tip just to cover people doing their basic jobs.
Imagine going to a restaurant, getting average service, and then not tipping because everything was average. It’s not about tipping for excellence in the US, it’s about providing basic compensation that not a tip that’s just payment for services rendered.
If you’re sick of paying 20% tips then work to change the law. Don’t take it out on the poor saps just trying to make ends meet.
Tipping is inherently a negative experience and you should treat it as such. So for example any service that operates on tips looses a full star on review sites from me.
Tipping via card is even worse in many places because the manager or operator is just assigning money (or not) as they feel. Again, working spiffed retail sales, you need to track what you’re owed or mistakes will happen.
They may have done the work, but are mostly not paid the money. Wait staff are unqualified and generally paid dirt in expectation that they will receive tips from customers. Kitchen staff are certified/licensed in their trade, paid something more than nothing, and are not expected to earn tips. That is the current reality. A customer trying to force a new reality by not paying cash tips to wait staff will not be appreciated.