However, more shockingly, this practice has started spreading to totally unrelated industries.
When I tell you I full on froze, I just…
I stood there and I think they saw the blood leave my body.
I did not expect to have to tip buying a wedding dress.
And mind you, the store was empty.
It was me, my best friend, and then the three people that work there.
I think one was the owner and then just two stylists or something.
So it was just empty.
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So I just kind of stood there.
And she was like, No.
And then I was like, Did they ask you to tip?
And she said no.
And then a 10% tip on a $1500, $2,000 dress is like another $200.
And if the dress is even more, youre paying a couple $100.
But most people really cant, right?
My moms the one who paid for my dress.
I was just the one that was paying for it on my Amex trying to get those points.
Anyway, I just stood there.
And again, why am I tipping at a bridal store?
Or maybe Im wrong.
Have any other brides ever tipped when they bought their wedding dress?
I dont know, maybe Im being weird but I just dont feel like that was a service that…
I guess she brought dresses out to me but I did that when I worked at stores.
Tipping is kind of weird lately.
Do you tip in your area in general and what is considered a normal tip?
On the other hand, in some places giving a tip is considered downright rude and disrespectful.
Of course, even in the US, tipping is hardly universal.
All this noise obscures the real and somewhat legitimate, original reasons why tipping existed in the first place.
In other words, servers and wait staff absolutely needed tips to survive.
However, the price of labor is factored into the price of something in any reasonable business.
So its hard to see how a store can justify a tip on something they are already profiting from.
The same owner that can, freely, pocket every last cent of profit they make that day.
Overall, tips tend to persist because people in service positions are simply not paid enough.
By attempting to squeeze out a bit more cash, these businesses might tank the entire idea of tipping.
Perhaps its for the best.
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