Every society has a bizarre social contract to keep it all together. This is part of ours. It canât really be judged in isolation
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Itâs so funny talking about it because youâre like it totally doesnât make sense at all but itâs still just the way we swim in the water
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Btw, on the mid astral planes, there are also waiters and people doing this job.
They do not do it because there is any need for money, but because they want to learn something about âbeing of service for othersâ without necessarily incarnating into the harsh unpleasant experience of the physical.
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Cool. Iâll probably do that for awhile over there
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Lol
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Problem is this particular social contract is getting more ridiculous. The solution is to either stop visiting the place or leave a review stating guilt tripping, but I understand, it is easier said than done.
You like this place, and you want to be a regular but donât want to be known as regular customer that is a ânon-tipperâ and must be obliged to tip upon your takeout.
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Yeah, I think suggested tipping will kill tipping. And tipping for pick-up is an upside-down world. I wonât do it.
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If you wait a bit, you wonât have to tip robots and machines
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I agree that that doesnât make sense. What service are you paying for there someone to hand you the bag?
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Iâm sure eventually the machines will ask us for some wd40
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Yeah, I closed my phone and I was like âwait⌠Iâm sure theyâll find a way for all these humanoid, smiling robots to ask for tipsâ 
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Egypt is the âKing of Tipping Expecationsâ btw.
When you enter a toilet at an Egyptian airport, there will always be some dude in there showing you with his finger where the next free pissoir is and then holding his hand open and expecting a tip, LOOOL 
Egyptians expect foreigners to tip them for literally EVERYTHING!
I am not mad at them because it is a Third World Country and these people are really in hard situations most of the time.
But an extra dude putting my groceries into a bag at the supermarket payment counter in a First World Country⌠this is cringe content for TikTokâŚ
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Yeah. He isnât tipped though he gets paid MW
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Dude, some Islands make you pay for everything they do or donât do and even nature, bathing in the river, enjoying the beach, walking in the forest.
We were also advised to give money to every homeless to not get robbed. So we just walked handing cash like food at the zoo.
And everyone was in on it, the homeless knew you were supposed to give them money. Theyâd walk to you like âgotta pay the toll to walk the streetsâ.
It wasnât that expensive in their currency, but we felt exploited.
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Just shake the dudeâs hand after you come out of the stall.
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Which is probably the reason why you will never visit that place again, right?
Which island was it?
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I donât like trashing peopleâs countries but it was an English speaking Caribbean country island.
Yeah, we were all mad at some points then we moved on.
Dudes were all smoking weed and drinking beer and then theyâd pull out a dirty piece of paper and extort you then give you a coupon to go see the river or forest once.
Smoking weed in your face and extorting you.
Tiny little water way.
Itâs not about paying a pass or tax, itâs about stopping you every 10 min with a made up thing to pay. Stop everything, you have to pay. And you can tell they feel smart about it.
The air was free though.
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Hmm. Iâve tipped in Japan and Korea. I know itâs not expected there, but it wasnât quite perceived as an insult, Iâve been assured, because I was an American and Americans are ignorant and generous. A kind of force of nature that cannot be corrected in this area. Iâve been able to not tip in restaurants, but I canât help myself from tipping taxi drivers. Itâs almost unconscious.
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