Re: ping BTR1701

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

2025-05-16 11:53 AM, Adam H. Kerman:

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

I just saw this article about tipping here in Canada and thought you
might be interested to see how it works here given your own frustrations
with it in LA.

https://www.narcity.com/quebec-bill-72-tipping-law-canadawide

Yeah, well, they're still not eliminating the automatic request for a
tip without table service and without a waitress.

I'm still getting surcharged at all sorts of restaurants in addition to
the automatic suggested tip surcharge. I'm so old that I remember that
surcharges that weren't disclosed up front were presumed to be contract
violations and not standard business practices.

It's all getting quite ridiculous. There are obvious solutions though:
don't tip at all; don't patronize places that expect tipping; only tip
as much as you think is appropriate. Lobbying governments to regulate
tipping is yet another option.

The solution I prefer is the consumer using his own power.

Government regulation can be heavy handed and have unintended
consequences. Chicago has a landlord-tenant ordinance requiring landlors
to pay interest on security deposits. Thanks to the housing shortage
(due in large part to heavy-handed building and zoning codes together
with the high cost of building materials and shortage of tradesmen),
landlords are now charging move-in fees. I heard a reporter who had just
moved relating her discussion with the landlord. She liked the unit and
had confidence in the landlord that he'd maintain the building, so she
was in no position to argue. He flat out told her that the move-in fee
wasn't to reimburse specific building expenses but what the market will
bear. Everything is negotiable but he was in the better bargaining
position. Basically, garbage fees were added because they are
unregulated.