More importantly I tip people who have a direct impact on quality of service to me, without negative society consequences. A waiter can pay attention to me see when my drink is empty, or can sit around talking until an alarm goes off that it is time to check. A waiter can know what is really good/bad on the menu, what drinks pair with the meal - or just take my order. Of course an overworked waiter cannot do any of this, but most of the time waiters are not over worked.

I top for delivery, but I feel dirty as there should be nothing they can do to give me better service that is legal. I feel like sometime a company offering delivery will have a driver who speeds, and that the driver gets tips for breaking the law means the company is liable (read deep pockets and million dollar judgement against them!) for incentivizing their drivers to break the law by allowing them to accept tips).

As someoe who relies on tips to survive, let me guide you.

Where you SHOULD tip: Coffee shops, Sit-down restaurants with waiters

Where you should NEVER tip: Everywhere fucking else

Baristas at my local shops make $8 an hour without tips, and waiters aren't paid much better. Everything else pays much, much better, they don't need your tips.

I'm usually okay with tipping if I have the bread. But donating to some kids hospital or something I always say no. Makes me sound evil but there have been too many scandals with companies not giving the money away

Unless you're personally waiting on my table, delivering food to my door, or driving me somewhere, the answer is no.

Unfortunately, same

they might not know it but they do tip me

This is why every item gets it's own bag when I'm using self checkout (the bags are useful to me). They gotta pay some kind of tax for my service

... But we do have one... It's just very... Minimal.

Let's call it "livable minimum wage" or this discussion will never end.

mind = blown

I was at a fast food place a few days ago and the drive tru employee asked me if I wanted to round up. I asked him for what and he didn’t know. Just wanted to round up to the nearest dollar for the fuck of it I guess. Shit is already too expensive without corporations asking for a handout.

Taco bell doesn't get a tax credit. I don't know about the charity they donate too, but most fast food charities are actually pretty good uses of money and $.50 makes your accounting easier while works out to millions to a good cause. For sure check what charity they give the money too first, but in general this is an easy way to make a difference.

Any money you donate to a grocery store or business just ends up benefiting the business, not you.

it ruins the value of the tip, if I want to tip you is because you did an absolutely fantastic job, not because you can't afford living with your normal (if we can call it like this) wage

Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries and I ask you for a tip!!!!

That's not how taxes work.

But like so much else these days, these giving opportunities have become controversial, in part because some critics insist retailers are taking a tax benefit for their customers’ donations.

The store serves only as a collection agent for your gift. Assuming the business is following the law, it will not include your donation as part of its business receipts, or income, nor will it claim the charitable gift as an expense.

As a customer, the donation will appear on your receipt and you can claim it as a charitable deduction when you file your income tax return.

tl;dr: You are still the one making the donation and eligible for the charitable deduction, not the business through which you donated. Businesses like it because they can say things like "Walmart facilitated donations of $n to agreeable charity in 2023." It's a company exploiting your generosity for good press, not for a tax scam.

The reddit parroting needs to stop.

It’s more like give to this donation to pay to do PR for the business