My money, my rules, and why would anyone attach a condition for me before I can tip a sales rep whom I think is doing a good job? It's just like you attaching a condition that if I don't have up to $5 to give to someone who's in need, then I shouldn't give at all., I honestly think it's just crazy.
I see tipping as an act of kindness and should be done to show appreciation for a job well done.
I know the joy that comes with being tipped, so I try my best to leave a tip when I have extra change. Imagine being called back to collect your money all because it's not up to the amount of tip they accept ugh!! So embarrassing 😅, I just can't.
I've worked in several places and I remember working in a bakery, my oh my, I always got tips from customers and honestly, it was because I was so friendly with the customers, and most times they would commend me on how they love my customer service skills and at the end of the day, they tip me or sometimes buy me lunch.
When I graduated from high school, I quickly got a job to work in a school as a caregiver, I worked for two whole years, and throughout my time there, I would always get tips from parents telling me about how much their kids talked about me at home lol.
The kids loved me and were always happy around me, so whenever their parents would come to school to drop them off, they would tell me about how it's all about Miss Meya this and Miss Meya that.
As a token of appreciation, they would tip me some money for lunch and sometimes I do get a free ride home. Where am I driving at? If I were to be a bad caregiver and wasn't friendly with the kids or even doing my job well, do you think they would tell their parents about me? Their parents somehow are happy that their kids have someone who's loving and takes good care of them in school, so they tip me. Now this doesn't happen to the rest of the caregivers, but the same parents have kids in other classes.
Tipping someone should be as a result of either kindness or because you loved the services rendered. No conditions are attached.
There are some organizations that don't allow Tips. The rules are that you can't tip a worker, and that's it. If you're a Nigerian, I'm sure you'd be familiar with Market Square. They're so strict on the NO TIP for the workers. I honestly don't know why they do that and I think it just doesn't make any sense.
The system abroad and the one here is different. Why would I tip someone 30% of my bill and anything lower isn't acceptable? As long as it's done that way, then it's not tipping but rather a tax that we have to pay.
Tipping should just be tipping and nothing extra; it's not that big of a deal; it should be free will, and no condition should be attached to it.
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