Tipping is controversial on Reddit because there are tons of euros and euroboos who think it’s a barbaric us-only custom. You can easily tie in multiple angles to maximize redditor rage. For instance:
Saying you don’t want to tip because the store should pay the wage not you
Saying you don’t tip because you make less than the server and don’t get tips
Exaggerating how much tipped workers actually get
Saying that cash tips are tax evasion
Calling the irs on tipped employees
Saying the minimum wage is too high to deserve a tip
Being really stingy with tips (example: the service was SOOOOOO good I let the server keep the change when I paid with a $20 and it was $18.75)
Making employees work extra hard for tips
Putting the tip out at the beginning of the meal and removing it $1 at a time whenever the waitress takes too long or spills something or whatever
Trying to tip the owner of the restaurant instead of the employee because he’s the ones who made the restaurant good and the employee just brought it out to you
Idk I’m just spitballing here but it seems like it would be kind of funny. It’s been done before on Facebook, there’s a page called “bodybuilders against tipping “ that’s a few years old, maybe look there for inspiration. I think some customer copy checks with rude/funny messages could go viral on one of those twitter accounts or cringe subs and bring in some easily baited people. Let me know if you want in.
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Post stories how you didn't tip and some waiter freaked out.
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"And then I spent 5 minutes instead of my life explaining to her why I did not tip. IMO, my 5 minutes are more worth than a measly tip. I think she walked away with new thoughts on her mind for sure"
"I only tip my hat"
"It is SOOO funny that conservatards are against socialism, but they Looooove tipping"
"The BIPOC community got it right by not tipping"
"My son is neurodivergent and prefers to only pay bills in prime numbers, so unfortunately I cannot tip more than the next prime, which often results in hard stares and sighs"
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A sub focused on refusing to tip would be better because most Redditors, even in burgerland, are against tipping. Call it r/NeverTip or something.
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one of these but with a bipoc hand holding the paper could be really good
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But only like half a thumb so only some notice
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Based
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I like to write in "Look both ways before crossing the street, even on a one-way street"
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Oh yeah this fake receipt pissed off half the internet in 2016.
This baitboard has potential.
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At the end of the month I take the total amount I would’ve spent on tips and donate it to Bernie.
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Perfection.
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You’ve already written the first 20 posts let’s get at it.
I was also thinking about those fundie douchebags who leave fake 20s that are actually folded up propaganda about Jesus. They feel that the Jesus bux is worth more than I tip. I’m gonna be the Jesus bux tipping guy.
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We need to find another image that isn't as easily reverse image searchable
"Just picked up a whole pack of these bad boys! Sorry waitards!"
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I got photoshoop I can shoop something.
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I'm gonna shoooooooooop
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i mean...eternal salvation is worth more than any amount of money.
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This 2005-era bait is still fresh.
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You can do a bait sub with the inverse as well: Tipmaxxing. Made up stories of giving hundreds in tips, aggressively soliciting tips from people, tipping professions that typically don't tip, larping as a waitress who wasn't tipped by europoors, etc.
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Holy shit please let us mine this drama.
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This is a way better version
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tipping expectations are discriminatory against basketball americans and must be abolished
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If done convincingly and with some degree of subtlty this would be hilarious. Or just generally being insistent on tipping the restaurant owner, or a story about how you gave the employee the tip and asked them to give it to the owner, and asking if you can sue the employee for stealing the tip that was meant for the owner.
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Asking for change on a 20 and then calling the manager out, tipping him directly and then asking him to distribute the $1.35 among the employees, himself, and the owner according to who deserves what based on your experience
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Every time these types of threads get proposed I always think "there's no way that some redditor will be dumb enough to not see that's bait" and then I see people still getting butthurt in loveforanimesexuals and think "yeah, ok that probably will get some bites"
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Gridmaxxing 4 realz
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Does part of the tip go to the chefs as well? Because if not I was thinking perhaps refusing to tip because you don't like how the waiters hoard all the tips for themselves despite their job being the most expendable or asking to see the chefs and tipping them directly and not the waiters, dunno
Edit: also you should make this a country club thread or you're giving away the bait for people that might be lurking
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chef arrives at table
hands chef 5 bux
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Good idea on the club thread.
here's an example post I thought up https://old.reddit.com/r/AgainstTipping/comments/q8rjdy/whats_so_special_or_difficult_about_carrying_a/?sort=controversial
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I have no experience baiting so don't take my word for it but this sounds believable enough to me, perhaps you could crosspost this to r-unpopularopinion as well in some way to lure people to the sub?
Also what about tipping only POC workers? Or is it too obvious bait?
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LET’S GO GO GO GO GO GO!!
The lolcow udders get sore if they ain’t milked!
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Never feed the wagies. Tippers belong in the chippers.
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you can talk about how tipping isn't "technically mandatory"
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It’s like going to the Met in NYC. The admission is technically a “donation” so you don’t have to pay anything.
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Another trick is that Columbia University get free admission to MoMA, but the people working the ticket desk don’t know the difference between a real Columbia student ID and one from Columbia College Chicago.
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Oh fugg now I wanna eat out today
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i don't know what sttipping is, let alonE again sttipping.
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Idea: talk about how tipping culture discriminates against the working class customers. "Sometimes I just want to treat my family to the rare nice meal but tipping means that we can't really afford something decent. A $50 meal turns into a $70 meal and that's really preventing me from treating my family. It's excluding and pricing out the working class from restaurants. The other day I wanted to reward my son for his B grade in math but I could only take him to Applebees. That's not the kind of memory I want to leave for him when he succeeds."
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Only tip back-of-house. Or tip them way more. "I gave my server $100 to split amongst the cooks who prepared my meal and dishwasher. Then I gave the server 38¢ to round up my bill."
This would actually be a great a great real life drama op. You could frick up a kitchen if the cooks and dishwasher didn't donate to "make up" for the server's bad tip.
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Honestly most of reddit takes this stance, I think it would generate alooot more seethe if you were pro tipping. Maybe give it a anti-communist thing.
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r/lovefortipping very interesting… you could play up how it allows you to give accurate tips that reflect the quality of service
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Ayways, you're supposed to calculate tip before taxes, and if you're calculating tip after taxes then you've been over-tipping single mothers and the government for years.
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The only euros who dont tip are stingy poors, normal people still tip, just not as much as in the us cause the waiters get paid either way.
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Seems like a subgenre of grindmaxxing.
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Tipping is just money laundering. Prove me wrong.
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This could result in a legit memewave if enough people started smugly talking about how they didn't tip at restaurants
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Cool idea. Hopefully it can bring in lolcow deathmatches between pro-tipping burgers x anti-tip euro redditors
Thread ideas: Explain how you don't tip because you're poor(or disabled/bipoc/neurodivergent/etc) and can't afford to, or how if you tip you can't afford the therapist for your depression.
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N I gg E R
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Give me a mop, my liege. u/_suprememe_
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Those bait ideas are great and all but it would be nice if they ever progressed beyond circlejerking in a country club thread. Make the sub and then message or ping me or whatever and I will try to draw attention to it with bait posts. But we need actual content first.
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You can also try to lure in the antiworkers by going at an angle that you won't tip because the owner is unfairly not sharing profits or something like that
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Agree but call it TipTempering or ServerCircumcision
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Hi! It's good to see you're woke to the inherent micro-r*pe that is your sexuality, and it's even better that you've chosen to be a non-harming shut-in. I wish more white cis men would do this!
You should consider estrogen supplements to make yourself less predatory. As a white male, you having kids is problematic, yes, but have you considered adopting PoC children and trying to raise them non-binary? Just make it clear to them that any white cis male sexuality you accidentally display despite your estrogen supplementation is shameful, and just make it a habit to say "I’m so sorry. I am so very sorry." after every offence. You should also consider exploring cuckolding (with a marginalized minority man/woman/otherkin of course) if you still find your sexuality to be uncontrollable.
Good luck and welcome to the right side of history!
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