Given that the quality of food and service were to your satisfaction, would you go to a restaurant that cost more but allowed no tipping due to that fact that it paid a living wage to it’s employees? Do you think it would be successful?
We could call it McDonalds!
Honestly though, yeah I’d go to one. Although I have no problem with tipping, and think that people who don’t are kind of shitty.
But if it weren’t expected at restaurant X, I’d go along. I’m not sure how you’d market that though.
If you relax that to “does not require tipping”, there are any number of those outside the USA.
He specified a living wage.
Yeah, yeah. I know.
Lots of restaurants already automatically add a service charge/tip for for parties larger than a certain number of diners, if it were done across the board I don’t think it would be a huge deal.
Not what I’m talking about, though. I’m saying that the price on the menu itself would reflect the true cost.
Exactly this. Just make 18 percent mandatory for all customers. If people don’t like the service they can request not to pay gratuity to a manager.
This sounds like a pain in the ass that’s more trouble then it’s worth. Just add 18% to the cost of each item and forget the gratuity altogether.
Why does it have to be in the form of a tip? A higher price does the same thing without using the tip system.
Only if you have some way in place to guarantee that the money goes to the waitrons rather than the owner.
I’d like to see all restaurants do this. Those who refuse to tip now would have to start paying as much as the rest of us as an added benefit. I would be much less willing to patronize a restaurant which didn’t provide a level of service commensurate with their pricing.
Many high end places do this already. The waitstaff is paid very well and the pre-fixe price includes gratuity.
No need, in this place the wait staff are paid fairly.
I don’t like it. I like the fact that wait staff are incentivized to provide decent service not by minimum wage but by service.
Let’s face it, these are low paying jobs anyway, but if you know that providing good service will result in more money for you, then you’re willing to go the extra mile, as they say.
It’s very easy to drag your ass through a shift if there’s nothing extra in it for you.
I would actually feel a little weird not tipping at a restaurant, even though I would know the rationale for it. A lot of us who are just used to the custom of tipping would probably still want to leave a tip anyway, the staff would have to say that they aren’t allowed to accept it, and it would be awkward for everyone involved.
Why does the wait staff have to be incentivized with tips? Why can’t they provide decent service because it’s their job to do so (and they’re getting paid fairly for it)?
Is the food any good?
I’d like to see it succeed, but I fear the higher prices will put people off.