tip jar sign? - Barista Exchange2024-03-29T11:47:04Zhttps://www.baristaexchange.com/forum/topics/tip-jar-sign?commentId=1688216%3AComment%3A831596&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYes, and they're durn funny..…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2010-04-21:1688216:Comment:8315962010-04-21T22:00:32.407ZRobby Mhttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/RobbyM
Yes, and they're durn funny... !<br />
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<cite>Kevin Ayers said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.baristaexchange.com/forum/topics/tip-jar-sign#1688216Comment540294"><div>Wow, did anyone go and read all the comments on the page Mallory posted?</div>
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Yes, and they're durn funny... !<br />
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<cite>Kevin Ayers said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.baristaexchange.com/forum/topics/tip-jar-sign#1688216Comment540294"><div>Wow, did anyone go and read all the comments on the page Mallory posted?</div>
</blockquote> Whoa buddy. That's pretty gen…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2010-04-21:1688216:Comment:8314762010-04-21T19:42:34.353Zchristopher myershttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/christophermyers
Whoa buddy. That's pretty generous, but do your employees make enough to compensate for no tips? Here in the bay area, baristas typically make around 8-9/hr and around 20-30 in tips, which is still barely enough to live on. I don't think I'd be able to pay rent without those tips. I mean I like donating here and there for a good cause, but that seems pretty steep. Maybe other places offer a living wage though...<br />
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Whoa buddy. That's pretty generous, but do your employees make enough to compensate for no tips? Here in the bay area, baristas typically make around 8-9/hr and around 20-30 in tips, which is still barely enough to live on. I don't think I'd be able to pay rent without those tips. I mean I like donating here and there for a good cause, but that seems pretty steep. Maybe other places offer a living wage though...<br />
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<cite>Shadow said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.baristaexchange.com/forum/topics/tip-jar-sign?commentId=1688216%3AComment%3A831434&xg_source=msg_com_forum#1688216Comment831434"><div>We simply put a sign on the jar stating that we donate ALL tips to local non-profit organizations weekly and we do just that. We get customer input as to what local people/animals/etc need the most help, then we count all tips at the end of each week and simply send that person/place a check. Later!</div>
</blockquote> We simply put a sign on the j…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2010-04-21:1688216:Comment:8314342010-04-21T19:00:03.144ZShadowhttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/Shadow
We simply put a sign on the jar stating that we donate ALL tips to local non-profit organizations weekly and we do just that. We get customer input as to what local people/animals/etc need the most help, then we count all tips at the end of each week and simply send that person/place a check. Later!
We simply put a sign on the jar stating that we donate ALL tips to local non-profit organizations weekly and we do just that. We get customer input as to what local people/animals/etc need the most help, then we count all tips at the end of each week and simply send that person/place a check. Later! I know I'm late but just want…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2010-04-21:1688216:Comment:8313422010-04-21T17:29:34.181Zchristopher myershttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/christophermyers
I know I'm late but just wanted to add my two cents:<br />
Kind of cheesy, but the customers liked it: a photo of Jimi Hendrix with the caption, "'Scuze me, while I tip these guys". I mean if Jimi's doing it, who are you not to?<br />
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Whether or not you have a cute sign really depends on the kind of atmosphere you want. If you want your baristas to wear bowties and black aprons and talk like overly deferential english butlers, you better be paying them well. At our shop, the barista picks the music, we…
I know I'm late but just wanted to add my two cents:<br />
Kind of cheesy, but the customers liked it: a photo of Jimi Hendrix with the caption, "'Scuze me, while I tip these guys". I mean if Jimi's doing it, who are you not to?<br />
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Whether or not you have a cute sign really depends on the kind of atmosphere you want. If you want your baristas to wear bowties and black aprons and talk like overly deferential english butlers, you better be paying them well. At our shop, the barista picks the music, we write whatever we want on the tip jar, and clever headlines on the sample New York Times, and our customers like it. They like being helped by someone who's having fun at their job, and they feel at ease enough to joke around with us (as long as you're delivering the goods, of course) It also depends what state you live in, in california, if you made 4.50 plus tips like a midwestern server, you'd um, starve to death.<br />
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How people tip is totally capricious and weird. Sometimes I get a dollar for handing someone a cup of coffee, and sometimes I get nothing for making someone a gourmet sandwich, then running over to the machine to make their triple shot half decaf breve with light foam, or whatever. So it doesn't always make sense, but some people really like the option of showing that they appreciate your work or your attitude or whatever it is they like to appreciate; makes it more personal. I think if you took away the tip jar, these people would be confused more than relieved. There is a site that has some…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2010-03-08:1688216:Comment:7958722010-03-08T14:50:55.304ZRick Posthttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/RickPost
There is a site that has some stickers with funny sayings that you can put on your tip jar. The stickers will stay cleaner than a piece of paper taped to the jar, and they look nice. This site also has buttons with the sayings. <a href="http://www.PhilTheTipJar.com" target="_blank">www.PhilTheTipJar.com</a>
There is a site that has some stickers with funny sayings that you can put on your tip jar. The stickers will stay cleaner than a piece of paper taped to the jar, and they look nice. This site also has buttons with the sayings. <a href="http://www.PhilTheTipJar.com" target="_blank">www.PhilTheTipJar.com</a> Shawn Steiman said:Points wel…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2010-02-26:1688216:Comment:7874082010-02-26T06:10:40.034ZChrishttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/Chris60
<cite>Shawn Steiman said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.baristaexchange.com/forum/topics/tip-jar-sign?x=1&id=1688216%3ATopic%3A514385&page=4#1688216Comment787182"><div>Points well taken, Folks If I ever have a retail spot, I'll give it a go without tipping. I'll update you, then.</div>
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I do understand where you're coming from. Her in the SW, I work in theatre. We were assembling a 'set' for one of the high-end NYC jewelry vendors, and he handed the tow of us each a…
<cite>Shawn Steiman said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.baristaexchange.com/forum/topics/tip-jar-sign?x=1&id=1688216%3ATopic%3A514385&page=4#1688216Comment787182"><div>Points well taken, Folks If I ever have a retail spot, I'll give it a go without tipping. I'll update you, then.</div>
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I do understand where you're coming from. Her in the SW, I work in theatre. We were assembling a 'set' for one of the high-end NYC jewelry vendors, and he handed the tow of us each a twenty. Not Kosher. Not in this biz, not here, not in my union. Of course, if you don't grease the wheels in the City with Local One, you don't get the consideration your gig deserves. His culture, but definitely not mine. I tried to return it, he tried not to accept, I tried to insist, explaining that I'd take good car of his stuff because that's what I do, he insisted that I keep it and walked away. I bought him a beer later, and took extra special care of his kit, because that's what I do.<br />
I'd only lose respect from him if I were to take the tip and not take care of him. I made sure that he knew that the tip wasn't going to affect whether or not he got great service, but that he'd get it without the tip as well. My self-respect is remarkably intact.<br />
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But I get what you're saying. Points well taken, Folks. Tha…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2010-02-26:1688216:Comment:7871822010-02-26T01:22:42.764ZShawn Steimanhttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/ShawnSteiman
Points well taken, Folks. Thanks for the discussion. For the record, I have no shop nor do I work in one. I'm here for the thinking. :-)<br />
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If I ever have a retail spot, I'll give it a go without tipping. I'll update you, then.
Points well taken, Folks. Thanks for the discussion. For the record, I have no shop nor do I work in one. I'm here for the thinking. :-)<br />
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If I ever have a retail spot, I'll give it a go without tipping. I'll update you, then. Shawn Steiman said:Idealistic…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2010-02-25:1688216:Comment:7871032010-02-25T23:18:35.686ZChrishttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/Chris60
<cite>Shawn Steiman said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.baristaexchange.com/forum/topics/tip-jar-sign?page=3&commentId=1688216%3AComment%3A787020&x=1#1688216Comment787020"><div>Idealistic? Absolutely. However, deciding something is difficult to attain doesn't make it unattainable or worth striving for.<br></br></div>
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Yeahbut, just because it's and ideal, doesn't mean that achieving it's a good thing. If you start paying all your baristi what they'd make if they were to…
<cite>Shawn Steiman said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.baristaexchange.com/forum/topics/tip-jar-sign?page=3&commentId=1688216%3AComment%3A787020&x=1#1688216Comment787020"><div>Idealistic? Absolutely. However, deciding something is difficult to attain doesn't make it unattainable or worth striving for.<br/></div>
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Yeahbut, just because it's and ideal, doesn't mean that achieving it's a good thing. If you start paying all your baristi what they'd make if they were to get tips, human nature says that one of the bastards will screw it up for everyone. And, you'll be noticing (another human nature trait) that your customers are going elsewhere because your prices are eleven percent higher than everyone else'. Of course, you'll know that, with their tip, they're paying fifteen percent more than they would at your shop with your 'Don't feed the animals' policy, but humans are pretty damned stupid. It's why Walmart is still in business. They'll trot off to the lowest price, bleating all the way. Most of 'em have never even heard of John Ruskin...<br />
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<cite>Shawn Steiman said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.baristaexchange.com/forum/topics/tip-jar-sign?page=3&commentId=1688216%3AComment%3A787020&x=1#1688216Comment787020">I'm not saying there aren't benefits to tipping or that they don't sometimes matter (sorry if I gave that impression). I just think the message a tipper sends isn't clear because each tipper has their own system.<br/> <br/>
If enough customers leave enough tips to impact a person's wage, then there must be a way to incorporate the money they're giving as tips into the cost of food and beverage. Thus, the owner can pay the baristas more. I'm not saying it is easy since customers have to learn why the prices are higher. Still, I can't help but like the idea of this system.<br/></blockquote>
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Well, you're entitled to run your shop the way that you want to run your shop. We're just saying that tipping a barista is part of the American Culture, and it's not a bad thing. It's ingrained in the service industry in this country in much the same way that haggling over price isn't. You can try to swim against the current, but it's a long row. Meanwhile, it's akin to telling the market owner in Juarez or Nogales or TJ that they should put a fair price on their wares, and then stick to it. Haggling disrespects the shop owner... Idealistic? Absolutely. Howev…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2010-02-25:1688216:Comment:7870202010-02-25T21:37:28.226ZShawn Steimanhttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/ShawnSteiman
Idealistic? Absolutely. However, deciding something is difficult to attain doesn't make it unattainable or worth striving for.<br />
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I'm not saying there aren't benefits to tipping or that they don't sometimes matter (sorry if I gave that impression). I just think the message a tipper sends isn't clear because each tipper has their own system.<br />
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If enough customers leave enough tips to impact a person's wage, then there must be a way to incorporate the money they're giving as tips into the cost of…
Idealistic? Absolutely. However, deciding something is difficult to attain doesn't make it unattainable or worth striving for.<br />
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I'm not saying there aren't benefits to tipping or that they don't sometimes matter (sorry if I gave that impression). I just think the message a tipper sends isn't clear because each tipper has their own system.<br />
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If enough customers leave enough tips to impact a person's wage, then there must be a way to incorporate the money they're giving as tips into the cost of food and beverage. Thus, the owner can pay the baristas more. I'm not saying it is easy since customers have to learn why the prices are higher. Still, I can't help but like the idea of this system.<br />
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Matt, I love your point about being in an industry that benefits from the poverty of others. To counter- I mostly drink Hawaiian coffee. Trust me, this is not coffee produced on the backs of poverty-stricken farmers. Even the pickers, in the regions that use them, are treated well and earn enough to make it worthwhile for them to pick in Hawaii (although, I reckon there is room for improvement).<br />
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A major reason Hawaiian coffees are so much more expensive is that the farmers and workers live like Americans. It is truly fair trade as it supports farmers to live the way most consumers want to live. However, this is not the place for this discussion. Email me off the forum or go a recent BX thread titled "Should Kona coffee blends be made illegal?!?" where we've been discussing it a bit. Shawn Steiman said:Honestly,…tag:www.baristaexchange.com,2010-02-25:1688216:Comment:7869952010-02-25T21:13:44.035ZMatt Bhttps://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/MattBolinder
<cite>Shawn Steiman said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.baristaexchange.com/forum/topics/tip-jar-sign?id=1688216%3ATopic%3A514385&page=3#1688216Comment785383"><div>Honestly, no business should be taking advantage of the public's unwillingness to pay the true cost for a product.</div>
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How far are you willing to go with this assertion? Forget about barista wages--the irony is that if you work in coffee in any capacity, you work in an industry that has been built upon this…
<cite>Shawn Steiman said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.baristaexchange.com/forum/topics/tip-jar-sign?id=1688216%3ATopic%3A514385&page=3#1688216Comment785383"><div>Honestly, no business should be taking advantage of the public's unwillingness to pay the true cost for a product.</div>
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How far are you willing to go with this assertion? Forget about barista wages--the irony is that if you work in coffee in any capacity, you work in an industry that has been built upon this very gap.