I gave $5 to the guy at Costco who helped me load stuff into my car when I was suffering from a back injury (they don't have people to do that, I just asked a random employee for help as I was leaving). He said it was against policy and couldn't accept it so I said "Just pretend to shake my hand" and handed it over that way.
The store in town where I buy my incense has two jars at the cash register, labeled Tacos and Pizza. I put a dollar in each when I buy my $10 worth of incense.
Last week I tipped 20% on some Chinese food I was picking up myself.
So yeah, even though my income puts me at just above the US poverty level I'm 100% in favor of tipping in every possible situation. Unless they're digging-change-out-of-the-couch-for-gas-money poor I think people should pony up to give at least a buck or two to service workers at any opportunity. I'm an incredibly frugal person but I'm not stingy and I think a lot of USians don't understand the difference.
This is a super touchy issue for me (in case you didn't notice) and yes I have quit friendships over it 😅
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Date: 2025-06-03 12:55 pm (UTC)The store in town where I buy my incense has two jars at the cash register, labeled Tacos and Pizza. I put a dollar in each when I buy my $10 worth of incense.
Last week I tipped 20% on some Chinese food I was picking up myself.
So yeah, even though my income puts me at just above the US poverty level I'm 100% in favor of tipping in every possible situation. Unless they're digging-change-out-of-the-couch-for-gas-money poor I think people should pony up to give at least a buck or two to service workers at any opportunity. I'm an incredibly frugal person but I'm not stingy and I think a lot of USians don't understand the difference.
This is a super touchy issue for me (in case you didn't notice) and yes I have quit friendships over it 😅