Comments by "Mat Broomfield" (@matbroomfield) on "CNBC Explains How to Screw Waitstaff Out of Tips" video.

Tipping is a pathetic system. No other minimum wage employee expects 20% extra simply for doing their job adequately. Pay the staff a decent wage or don't run the business.
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@Flannelsurfer No, what's unbelievable is that it might not occur to you that I don't LIVE in America where employers can treat their staff like slaves. You DO realise that America makes up less than 5% of the total population of this planet yes? Unbelievable that I need to explain this to an adult.
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@edwardburner2721 I wouldn't visit the US to take a dump, especially since Trump became president. Shithole nation. Once went to restaurant in Pennsylvania. Waitress was rude and surly the whole time and the food was appalling so we left nothing. She chased us out into the street screaming "Where's my fucking tip?" we replied "Where's our fucking service?!" and walked away.
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They don't need to because they got an education.
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I tip 0 for the same reason
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@Will057 There is ZERO morality to tipping. That's just what you've been raised to believe to compensate for the fact taht restaurants don't pay a living wage.
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@Cisco13 If there was ever a perfect example of social pressure making people behave irrationally, it's that scene. Tipping is a convention that enables employers to avoid paying a fair wage. It's illogical. My courier is on minimum wage - he doesn't expect a tip. So are the kids who work at McDonalds. The whole thing is ludicrous.
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@Flannelsurfer Nope, I watched David's video. I really don't care about staff getting tipped. Don't like the pay get an education or a different job.
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@chancock4222 What poart of "pay the staff a decent wage" were you unable to comprehend?
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@MrDougmartin No, I'm the type that sits for hours at a table and leaves no tip. Unless the service was good. In which case, I'll give a gratuity not a tip, along with a verbal comment on how great the service was. I'm also the type that deducts tips from menus that include them. My job is not to compensate for the employer's desire to make excess profits at the staff's expense. The menu should be priced to enable a living wage in the first place. As for being an elitist Trumpist, trump is the greatest vermin that ever walked this planet, but if you think that suggesting people should ge5t an education is elitist I'm surprised you managed to lift your knuckles from the dirt to even type that comment. You don't need a university education to make somethng of yourself, but I never knew a person working in the service industry who was not there as a result of their own life choices. Why should I feel guilt over those? The itrony is, that you feel it is perfectly acceptable to perpetuate an industry that exploits its workers. So how are you a better person than me, asswipe?
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@MrDougmartin You seem confused about your position Douglas. You seem upset because I suggested that people who waited tables are uneducated, then you say it's one of the few jobs where uneducated people can earn lots of money. Make your mind up. So staff are making $250 in 3 hours, but I should feel obligated to add to that wealth? Riiiight. If you enjoy waiting tables, good for you. I've known dozens of people who did it and never met one till now who did it because they enjoyed it. And at NO TIME did I say you should be ashamed of being a waiter. Perhaps ashamed for being ignorant or lazy, but not for being a waiter. If you have become a master of waiting tables (and I doubt you made that at your local family restaurant), good for you. You're maximising your opportunities given that you are are apparently uneducated. Or maybe you ARE educated, and that's what enables you to make that sort of money once in a while. Let's see if you are still doing that in your 50s. And I'm gonna bet on average you don't clear $75 a day in tips. Moreover, any income dependent on the discretion of others is not stable, and cannot be used to get onto the housing ladder or take out large loans, so your future is considerably limited.
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@Christopher Kevin RasmussenThere should be NO expectation of an additional financial exchange beyond the price on the menu. NO other form of exchange has a ticket price, then says to you "We pay the staff so poorly that they depend upon your generosity to survive". If you are impressed by the service and want to show appreciation, then YOU should get to decide what that service is worth. It's not a negotiation. Personally, I would say that asking upfront is completely silly. Now you don't even know if the service you receive merits a gratuity. In Britain, I believe the norm is 10%, and 20% in America, but I pay what I feel the service merits from zero to whatever. A charming, well informed waiter/waitress might receive as much as 25% on a good day, but given that you cannot even guarantee that tips go in the pocket of the server, again, I repeat, it's a pathetic system.
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