Starbucks new tipping option

[aa]

I wonder what others think about the new option to add a tip to your order at Starbucks. I believe that the process of tipping has long been a way for employers to give themselves permission to pay low wages. Why should I be expected to tip people just because their employer doesn’t pay a fair wage? I am not against tipping for all situations but when someone pours me a cup of drip coffee? That is not service above and beyond, you are doing your job. No, I will not tip you for that. We need to make employers pay a living wage. Starbucks employees should not need my financial help, their employer needs to step up and pay better wages.

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[anonyme]

aa, I agree with you; the tipping ‘requirement’ has gotten out of control. The example you gave, pouring a cup of coffee, is also performed by 7-11 employees. Are they tipped? Checkers and baggers in grocery stores actually do far more actual work for each customer and yet are rarely, if ever, tipped. Restaurant workers in Washington state make the same minimum wage as anyone else. There is a certain restaurant in the Junction that has NO table service. Orders are placed at the counter, and the customer either retrieves the order when ready, or someone takes a few steps to drop the food at your table. And yet payment – including the onscreen request for a tip – is made at the time of ordering. Why tip for something that not only hasn’t happened yet but shouldn’t require a tip? If you select “no tip” you’ve just made that option clear to the person about to make your food – never a good idea. My old salon used to charge an additional $5 to cover ’employee health expenses’ back when the law changed. They’ve now redefined the fee as a ‘sanitation’ fee – WTF, you don’t clean your salon and tools unless people pay extra? These are business expenses, not individualized special services. I’m more than happy to tip and tip generously, but the expectation that everyone who works behind a counter is entitled to a tip is unjustified.

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[Zachary523]

Nearly half of credit or debit card purchases have included a tip since the rollout, according to the Starbucks spokesperson. Starbucks teased the option for months before introducing it to stores. Card tipping “has been one of the most requested opportunities

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[aa]

I’m not surprised and I still don’t like it. I stand by my opinion that providing this tipping opportunity takes the responsibility of providing a living wage awsy from the employer. Staff will be appeased by the extra income and Starbucks is off the hook because now they can factor the additional tip income as part of an employees wages when/if they negotiate for a raise. What is that Starbucks counter person doing that warrants a tip? You do what you want, they aren’t getting a dime from me.

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[Graciano]

Question is, does the Starbucks employee actually get the tip?
Amazon had a promotion going on, tip my delivery driver.. UPS said they will not pass the tip money to the employee.

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[T Rex]

I was told they share the tips, not sure if that is by shift or all of the workers at each store.

Makes me wonder if this started because of the union possibilities. I had always heard they were a great place to work back in the day, but not so much anymore.

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