Yeah, this is the exact 'rich dude shaming' that I hate with tip-based compensation.
I have some money. The number of people who might lay claim to it are uncountable. The number of people who provide me token services are legion. I don't see that I owe anyone, much less everyone, a little extra because they have an entry-level job.
Do I need to find service professionals who make more than me, so that I can skip this societal guilt complex? Can I demand that they then tip me?
I have been lucky, but I have also been responsible. I don't know what meth is like. I didn't knock up women all over town. I am educated. I have spent decades continuously honing a skill that is valuable. (too valuable IMHO, but that's the luck again) I haven't lived beyond my means. Others have. Now they have claim on me? pah.
My daily driver is a 2010 Subaru. My house was built before my late grandfather was born. I can afford the plane. I can even afford the extra 20 cents per gallon for the truck service. My 20 cent lavishment got the lineman his minimum wage job by which he is not living a high life -- in the first place. If, upon reflection, he's not grateful, then he can gargle my nuts.
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No guilt here. I said you can do the math and decide for yourself. All the rationalization above may make you sleep better at night. If you have any guilt it’s all your own, from knowing your own heart and decisions towards others.
Whining about a societal norm that takes ten seconds to do the math is probably part of that. If you don’t want to tip, don’t tip. It’s the public whining about it that shows something different. A brain working overtime (ha!) to explain away why not.
I love the meth story. Yep every line guy is a meth head. And the “number of people” being uncountable. No, it’s exactly the number of people who work for you. If you don’t use their service they don’t ask. Duh.
They don’t ask anyway, it’s a free will additional payment out of your own gratitude for what they did for you. If you feel no gratitude for the service, fine.
My daily driver Subaru is ten years older than yours, so nothing impressive there.
And yes, the person receiving the gratitude usually does feel grateful for the job and the tips.
Yeah! Those poor Uber drivers should NOT be forced into this. They should be allowed to quit and take a higher paying job.
Oh wait.
Definitely recommended. These companies are ripping them off to the tune of something like $5000-$10000 a year in depreciation depending on vehicle type, age, and miles driven. No argument there.
The framework for my answer was that most people here WANT Uber and Lyft to survive. They can, but they’ll slowly be regulated (background checks after the rape lawsuits finish up and they lose) and the bare minimum stuff that cabs have to do (commercial insurance) will become the norm as the market revolts against the bad side of ride sharing that’s kinda hidden by the artificially lower cost and nicer fleet.
(Do I think the regulations will accomplish what they say they will? Nope. But public opinion will eventually require them.)
It’s the same problem at airlines. Everybody wants to fly all the way across the country in comfort, for $99. Sure, come on in, we’ve places the seats so close together your knees will be in your nose the entire flight. When we get really desperate we’ll do shoddy maintenance on the aircraft for a couple of years before bankruptcy.
Meanwhile the Uber execs appreciate your money. From this thread you now know that’s where 30% of the main bill goes. You can behave accordingly. You get to choose if you’re grateful someone is willing to drive you around for pennies in their nice car that they’re losing money on.
No big deal if you’re not grateful and want them to “gargle your nuts” as Schmoo says.
That’s just s reflection of your moral values, once you’ve looked over the math. Because you can look over the math, and didn’t do meth. LOL.
“I don’t tip because... [spins wheel]... METH!”
Funniest thing I’ve read this week. Hahaha. Awesome rationalization.
