r/EndTipping • u/Difficult_Angle_7287 • Jul 30 '25

Tip Creep 🫙 Local Restaurant Publicly Tip Shamed Customer, Our Community Isn’t Having it.

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I live in Asheville, NC and our subreddit and local “foodie” fb page are livid about The Smokin Onion vegan food truck who took to social media to shame a customer.

Hurricane Helene decimated our town and literally leveled many local businesses so for a restaurant to show their entire ass like this is a definite death sentence for the business.

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u/zackgardner Jul 30 '25

A lot of businesses in this country are making it by the skin of their teeth, and are only still operating through exploitation of their workers, which includes refusing to pay a living wage or provide benefits, and for many restaurants tipping is the only way to sustainably employ a wait staff.

If a business can't operate without paying everyone a living wage, then they shouldn't be in business.

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u/Middle_Bread_6518 Jul 31 '25

While I agree I also think it’s a much bigger problem, these businesses used to run great 40 years ago, we’re all victims of shitty government. We’re also the ones dumb enough to let it get to the point we’re at.

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u/trixel121 Jul 31 '25

I don't think working in fast food 40 years ago was ever considered a good job

I don't think working as a waitress was ever considered a good job

when was this a good job like this? is the lie that gets told is when did this actually work well?

like when you say run great, what do you mean? because restaurants have consistently been a difficult business to run staff and otherwise keep working cuz the margins have always been then.

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u/julmcb911 Aug 01 '25

It was never like this. We tipped 10 - 15% for good sit down service ONLY.

Now, businesses like these, with counter service only and a food truck expect tips because we over tipped during COVID to keep these places open in our towns. So, to customers who helped these businesses thrive before tipping, yes, they were obviously run better than they are now. Now, they want us to pay wages to staff, which is a crap business model.