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I Wish More Restaurants Would Do This No-Tipping Receipt

This meme features a photo of a restaurant receipt, with top text from the poster stating they wish more restaurants would follow this restaurant's policy. The receipt shows a subtotal of $24.00, tax of $1.98, and a total of $25.98, followed by a statement that the restaurant does not participate in tipping, explaining they pay all their employees a fair wage directly and do not shift the burden of worker pay onto customers. The meme expresses widespread frustration with the modern American tipping culture.
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I wish more restaurants would do this.

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Subtotal $24.00
Tax (8.25%) $1.98
TOTAL $25.98
Thank you for coming in!
We don't do tipping here.
We believe in paying our employees a fair wage
instead of making it your problem.
Come back hungry

Overview

This meme features a photo of a restaurant receipt, with top text from the poster stating they wish more restaurants would follow this restaurant's policy. The receipt shows a subtotal of $24.00, tax of $1.98, and a total of $25.98, followed by a statement that the restaurant does not participate in tipping, explaining they pay all their employees a fair wage directly and do not shift the burden of worker pay onto customers. The meme expresses widespread frustration with the modern American tipping culture.

Origin notes

This is a meme originally shared on Reddit, per the given source information. It features a photo of a real restaurant receipt posted as a meme by a user who approves of the restaurant's no-tipping policy, with the original post title noting this is long-awaited common sense from restaurants.

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