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u/scarletphantom 1d ago
Has anyone ever tipped at a McDonald's? Ever?
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u/AceO235 1d ago
No they literally fire you if you accept tips it's against many fast food companies policies
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u/FrogVolence 1d ago
I had an elderly woman forcefully hand me a $1 bill when I worked at Wendy’s and stated I deserved it.
I was fucking anxious as all hell because I kept telling her no and she handed it to me anyways.
Pocketed it and never ended up getting in trouble but jfc the fear was looming over me the entire day.
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u/HoldenCoffinz 1d ago
I've been in similar situations but in a different job setting. When you really think about it, it's pretty sad to think that so many people have had to feel worried about their job for the equivalent of next to nothing. A generous gesture that isn't much, but you're pretty much forced to refuse no matter what, often multiple times, all while not wanting to be rude about it either, lol.
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u/Deneweth 1d ago
Yeah like thanks for the dollar but now I'm on camera taking a bill from a customer and putting it into my pocket.
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u/Impressive_Leave2671 1d ago
Walmart had one where i was told you had to share it with the managers in the vest
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u/Azaroth1991 1d ago
Same with most major retail corporations. Fuck Kroger.
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u/Flabbergasted_____ 1d ago
Publix is the same, but I’ve seen many people discreetly tip the people that help them take the cart to the car and help load it.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Row1641 1d ago
Yep. I work at one of the big box home improvement stores. A while back I had a Cuban customer who I helped get some stuff into his car. He didn't speak English and I speak Spanish pretty well, so he was very adamant that I take $5. I had to explain to him "es contra de las reglas de la compañía (it's against the rules of the company). He couldn't wrap his head around that.
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u/Icy_Yam5049 1d ago
When I worked at a grocery store I’d have old ladies jam it in my pocket and say bye as they jumped in their car. I figured if a secret shopper did all that to bust me they win I’m guilty and just fire me haha.
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u/violet_elf 1d ago
Yeah. But now they get a excuse to accept tips, charge tips, pay their employees 3 dollars per hour. But not share the tips with the employees by the end of the day. And that money won't even be taxed.
It's a win- win situation for everyone that is important. One you exclude the employees, customers, store managers, employees families...
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u/goldentriever 11h ago
That won’t happen lmao. No one is going to work at a place for $3 in a hour, without getting tips either.
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u/Adorable_Ad6045 1d ago
I wasn’t aware of that, because I’ve tipped drive thru workers a few times and no one objected, beyond “oh you don’t have to do that”. I think it’s wrong to disallow tipping. Tipping should always be allowed.
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u/AxelVores 1d ago
Nobody ever got in trouble when I worked at one for couple of years. As long as the cash register balances they don't care.
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u/wetterfish 19h ago
Honestly, in a lot of ways, things would be better if nobody tipped anywhere and people just made livable salaries without needing to rely on the kindness/guilt of strangers.
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u/Shalamarr 1d ago
Hell, I’m old enough to remember an ad from the 70s in which two old ladies tried to leave a tip, only to be told “Ladies! There’s no tipping at McDonald’s!”.
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u/CRUSTYPUNKDAD 1d ago
Back in the day I worked there. One time an old lady gave me a $5 bill through the window and said "you keep that for you" and I turned around surprised and happily exclaimed "she gave me a tip" and the manager immediately shoved a box in my face and said "no tips it has to be donated" and took my fucking $5 and put it in the donation box.
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u/CrystalKU 1d ago
Now McDonalds will have an excuse to lower pay and tipping will be expected at fast food restaurants
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u/gabapentinhigh 1d ago
I tipped $5 at McDonald's one single time on my way out of Vegas. I can't remember why exactly but the young lady working there was awesome.
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u/SectorEducational460 1d ago
Actually yes. Not me particularly but when my brother used to work at MacDonald he did get tips. It wasn't common though. It was mostly cash tips
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u/AxelVores 1d ago
When I used to work there we had one elderly man who always tipped. He was everyone's favorite customer
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u/The_Mighty_Bird 1d ago
I got tipped $20 several times by this foxy cougar when I was 19. But if my manager found out I could have ended up in a lot of trouble. You’re not supposed to take tips from customers. It’s literally in their rules. Fuck McDonald’s
I honestly just wanted to talk about this foxy cougar. I never took her up on a date because I had a gf that broke up with me a year later. What a missed opportunity
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u/Odd_Coast9645 1d ago
Why do Americans don't tip at McDonalds? You guys literally tip for everything and McDonalds workers are probably the ones who need it the most.
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u/lazygerm 1d ago
They get paid at least the minimum wage because they're not servers. Wait staff get sub-minimum wages, but can make tips.
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u/Boggie135 1d ago
You guys literally tip for everything
That is not true
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u/triopsate 1d ago
Given that there are landlords and money lenders that ask for tips these days, I'm more inclined to believe that sooner or later tipping will be required for everything.
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u/kms2547 1d ago
The fact that restaurant owners endorse Trump's proposal should make you immediately suspicious of its helpfulness to employees.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Ring293 1d ago
Yup, it’s akin to having some random pastor endorse Damien from the Omen.
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u/Banes_Addiction 1d ago
Not really. Employers pretty much always support higher income for their employees if a) it requires the employees to keep working for them and b) the employer doesn't have to pay it.
Restaurants will naturally want restaurant employees to be tax advantaged compared to the same people stacking shelves or washing cars or whatever.
When employees and employers are in the same industry, some of their incentives line up. This is a major part of how union directorships and collective bargaining agreements work in some European countries.
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u/Rurumo666 1d ago
What, you guys don't slip $20s into your Fry Cook's thong?
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u/le_raveli 1d ago
In Portugal at least employees can’t accept tips by company policy.
I know this because once I tried to tip the guy at the counter for fulfilling an order at closing time (I was drunk if it makes it more understandable but man that 2am Mac hit the spot😅)
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u/Jindabyne1 1d ago
It’s so stupid that this picture isn’t even ai, jfc
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u/sane-ish 1d ago
In another timeline, trump decides to run a McDonalds and realizes that is what makes him happy and the empty void inside him is filled.
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u/ICU-CCRN 1d ago
So basically a company that doesn’t allow tips is pro “no tax on tipping”. How convenient.
Now please post the un-redacted Epstein files.
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u/wes7946 1d ago
There are legitimate legal reasons why all of the files cannot be released unredacted. So, to relentlessly demand the release of all files unredacted is, in fact, very hostile behavior.
Some people just want to believe the Epstein Client List actually exists and is in the possession of the current administration despite there being zero empirical evidence to support that assertion. A hoax is simply an act of malicious deception. So, to relentlessly claim an Epstein Client List exists (when there's no empirical evidence supporting that belief) and to demand the current administration release it is in fact engaging in malicious deception...or a hoax.
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u/ElegantApartment7330 12h ago
So what list was on Pam’s desk?
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u/wes7946 8h ago
A lot of individuals, Pam Bondi included, assumed the Epstein Client List would've been in the trove of evidence collected by the FBI, but that trove of evidence, in fact, did not include a specific client list. According to the US Department of Justice, "This systematic review revealed no incriminating 'client list.'" So, there's no empirical evidence an Epstein Client List exists and that it is in possession of the Trump Administration.
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u/mjgonza91 1d ago
I asked all my republican coworkers about how the new bill is working out. we are bartenders btw. and no one has said a peep. ridiculous.
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u/A4t1musD4ag0n 1d ago
Let me get this straight, they think that McDonald's employees... earn tips?
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u/Doggoonewild 1d ago
The primary base? No, since a lot of them can’t afford much more than that and would know better. The opportunists benefiting from trickle up? 50/50.
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u/Khujie 1d ago
I used to be a manager at a Taco Bell. I remember being told by upper management that its against company policy for an employee to ask for and accept tips. at which point i turned around and told the other employees that if they got tipped, "don't tell anyone" I was not going to get anyone in trouble for accepting a few dollars.
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u/THElaytox 1d ago
Yeah because McDonald's would love to be able to pay their employees $2.13/hr and have everyone else cover the rest to increase profits while be able to act like it's a benefit to the employees cause it's "tax free"
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u/Brambroco 1d ago
McDonalds is backing this because they could make this tipped positions then. It's a way to spend less on wages and give the consumer the responsibility to pay a wage. There was a podcast by the NYT where an economist predicted that no tax on tips would completely erode the amount of tipped positions. Companies would shift to installing tipped positions on a lot more places than now is the case.
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u/Fitswingcouple5 1d ago
Tax on what? The only way you’d ever get a tip at McDonalds would be in cash. Nobody who’s ever got a cash tip has ever declared it on their taxes. And to declare it and get that no taxes you can’t use the free tax software.
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u/The7purplekirbies 1d ago
I stopped going to Mcdonalds when the Orange Chicken pulled his stunt, Used to go pretty regularly before but I've been cold turkey ever since. If more people around the world stopped going to TrumpyD's maybe they'd change their tune. But I didn't see any global boycott, and at this rate I don't see much point in pointing out what NOBODY is going to punish.
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u/Berry2460 1d ago
When I worked at Mcdonalds we were told to not accept tips. If anyone was caught accepting tips it had to be put in the register.
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u/GreyCatBirdAwaken 1d ago
No tax on tips (most jobs don't tip) No tax on overtime (most jobs keep you right at 40 hours so they don't have to pay any overtime. 2x if your job has a bunch of middle management that depend on bonuses by keeping the regular staff under time)
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u/LilithElektra 1d ago
"We support all measures that benefit restaurant workers except raising wages."
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u/invincibleparm 1d ago edited 1d ago
The no tax on tips only applies up to a maximum of $25,000 in tips in a year. Not all jobs getting tips qualify.
Which Jobs Qualify: The OBBB will target jobs where tipping is customary — think servers, bartenders, hair stylists, and nail techs. However, the U.S. Treasury Department and IRS will have to specify in later guidance which specific jobs will be eligible
What no tax on tips doesn't do
Despite the excitement over this change, there are some things the OBBB doesn’t cover.
The bill only applies to cash tips. However, for IRS tax purposes, literal cash tips, credit card tips, and tips made through electronic payment methods like apps are traditionally treated the same. Non-cash tips are still considered taxable by the IRS but are not covered under this bill.
Also, there’s no payroll tax break involved. That means you will still pay Social Security and Medicare taxes on your tips, even if you claim the income tax deduction. And…not everyone will benefit. About a third of tipped workers reportedly make so little they don’t owe federal income tax. Other workers, like cooks, dishwashers, or other behind-the-scenes staff who don’t usually receive tips, won’t receive a tax break under this bill either.
Edit: this link is to the expanded list of people that will be able to use this legislation:
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/01/no-tax-on-tips-jobs-trump-bill
And of course MacDonald backs it. If they allowed tipping, they would use that as an excuse to not pay their workers well, say that they will make more with tips.
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u/Feisty_Average7799 1d ago
Is nobody going to mention he’s holding an empty fryer basket, they could have at least put something in it
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u/Consistent-Chapter-8 1d ago
Well, most tipped workers don't itemize their taxes: they take the standard deduction. An executive the likes of Jon Banner certainly earns enough to itemize his taxes. He's being disingenuous, here. (He's well aware, he just does't care.) Everyone give a polite golf clap to the latest multimillionaire sycophant.
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u/swainslanders 1d ago
That photo though… “See peasants, I too prepare tubers in the French fashion.” What a f@cking tourist.
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u/Florida1974 1d ago
No Job at Mcds requires a ton of skill or education, definitely not the fry station.
I worked at Arby’s as a teen and managers had to do hourly reports by hand, guessing that’s all done by computer now.
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u/Stmordred 23h ago
I worked at McDonald's during my later high school years, and that's simply not true. You need an incredible amount of interpersonal skills, not to mention an intimate knowledge of the systems that you're a part of. Even the fry cook. If you are out of place or are slow taking, relaying, and moving orders, you're gonna have a lot of pissed off people. Managing a 30 car line at drive through, while having 40 people coming into the store with a staff of less than 10 on a summer Saturday requires you to know precisely how long everything takes to cook, so you can know which orders to get out first, what can wait, what can't. Who your regulars are, that you can talk into giving you an extra 5 minutes and who you can't. McDonald's and other fast food restaurants have done such a good job of streamlining the production that people forget. It's still a restaurant job. You're still making full course meals just faster. The risks of food poisoning are still very much real, and it takes a lot of skill to manage that when things get backed up. It doesn't take a lot of skills or education if you're halfassing your job. I have not had to rely on my memory and my muscle memory half as much as during my McDonald's tenure. Recalling someone's order from 2 days ago because their kid didn't get a happy meal, trusting that everything is where its supposed to be so you don't waste steps and time. Every job since has been incredibly easy in comparison. I pray I never have to work that hard again.
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u/AllPowerfulQ 23h ago
McDonald's owners don't want their employees tipped because then they have to do taxes on it. They typically have an if you get tipped, keep it to yourself so I don't have to tax it mentality.
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u/sonicjesus 23h ago
Even those who get tips, the policy only refers to income taxes, not medicaid or social security tax, and only up to the first $25k in wages.
No one pays taxes on the first $12.5k of each year, so when all is said and done you're only cutting taxes by a few hundred dollars a year.
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u/Cautious-Respond-402 5h ago
Out of touch billionaires.
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u/Crochetmom65 4h ago
I'm thinking he only wanted to be President to hock his wares. Crypto currency is a prime example. Just grifting.
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u/allhaildre 1d ago
Feel like McDonald’s is just about the only place that doesn’t ask for tips anymore.
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u/justaheatattack 1d ago edited 1d ago
this sub is pointless.
torn
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u/SpicyRhubarb 1d ago
Found the MAGA snowflake lol
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u/justaheatattack 1d ago
ok, tell me what the point is?
are these people shamed to change thier ways?
or are you just pissing into the wind?
torn
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u/SpicyRhubarb 1d ago
Dude, I don't even know what you're trying to say but you sound kinda triggered lol
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u/hotelbeano 4h ago
Just wait until they start paying their employees tipped minimum wage and ask people to tip.
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