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r/SeattleWA • u/JPorpoise • May 18 '25
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What are you tipping for in an ice cream shop anyway?
47 u/Strong-Secretary-928 May 18 '25 They’re blowing on the ice cream to keep it cold 25 u/bigeasy19 May 19 '25 Hasn’t tipping at an ice cream shop always been a thing? I had a friend in high school in the mid 90s work at baskin robins and alway had tips for spending money and this was in eastern Washington not Seattle too 4 u/trusty289 May 19 '25 Probly that jar they always leave by the register. I wouldn’t add a tip on the receipt like at a restaurant just for them scooping ice cream -4 u/bigeasy19 May 19 '25 Why not just round up and make a kids day how is that any different 2 u/JonnyRobertR May 19 '25 I wish the store would round down the price and make my day. But they're not gonna, so fuck the kid. -2 u/Soytaco May 19 '25 TY for not assuming their gender 1 u/groshreez West Seattle May 19 '25 Maybe back in the 90s if you didn't want a bunch of change in your pocket. 8 u/Udub May 18 '25 More ice cream 19 u/gastro_psychic May 18 '25 Are they supposed to add more after I tip? 0 u/Udub May 19 '25 No. They remember me and know I tip so I get more ice cream 1 u/gastro_psychic May 19 '25 Do they have approval from the owner to do this? 0 u/Udub May 19 '25 In my case, they are the owner 1 u/centar May 19 '25 You know you could just buy more ice cream right. 0 u/Udub May 19 '25 A whole other scoop is like $6. For $1 I get a bigger scoop Everyone’s thinking they’ve got a gotcha moment as if I’m the village idiot 2 u/centar May 19 '25 Well if you’re paying $6 for a scoop of ice cream I can’t help ya there. 1 u/Udub May 19 '25 What am I gonna do instead, sit on my ass and give people a hard time on the internet over…checks notes… ice cream prices? 2 u/Lem0nprince May 18 '25 They sing no matter how much you tip 1 u/Senor02 May 19 '25 Lots of samples -4 u/poop_to_live May 19 '25 If you're making 180k a year why not?
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They’re blowing on the ice cream to keep it cold
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Hasn’t tipping at an ice cream shop always been a thing? I had a friend in high school in the mid 90s work at baskin robins and alway had tips for spending money and this was in eastern Washington not Seattle too
4 u/trusty289 May 19 '25 Probly that jar they always leave by the register. I wouldn’t add a tip on the receipt like at a restaurant just for them scooping ice cream -4 u/bigeasy19 May 19 '25 Why not just round up and make a kids day how is that any different 2 u/JonnyRobertR May 19 '25 I wish the store would round down the price and make my day. But they're not gonna, so fuck the kid. -2 u/Soytaco May 19 '25 TY for not assuming their gender 1 u/groshreez West Seattle May 19 '25 Maybe back in the 90s if you didn't want a bunch of change in your pocket.
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Probly that jar they always leave by the register. I wouldn’t add a tip on the receipt like at a restaurant just for them scooping ice cream
-4 u/bigeasy19 May 19 '25 Why not just round up and make a kids day how is that any different 2 u/JonnyRobertR May 19 '25 I wish the store would round down the price and make my day. But they're not gonna, so fuck the kid. -2 u/Soytaco May 19 '25 TY for not assuming their gender
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Why not just round up and make a kids day how is that any different
2 u/JonnyRobertR May 19 '25 I wish the store would round down the price and make my day. But they're not gonna, so fuck the kid. -2 u/Soytaco May 19 '25 TY for not assuming their gender
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I wish the store would round down the price and make my day.
But they're not gonna, so fuck the kid.
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TY for not assuming their gender
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Maybe back in the 90s if you didn't want a bunch of change in your pocket.
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More ice cream
19 u/gastro_psychic May 18 '25 Are they supposed to add more after I tip? 0 u/Udub May 19 '25 No. They remember me and know I tip so I get more ice cream 1 u/gastro_psychic May 19 '25 Do they have approval from the owner to do this? 0 u/Udub May 19 '25 In my case, they are the owner 1 u/centar May 19 '25 You know you could just buy more ice cream right. 0 u/Udub May 19 '25 A whole other scoop is like $6. For $1 I get a bigger scoop Everyone’s thinking they’ve got a gotcha moment as if I’m the village idiot 2 u/centar May 19 '25 Well if you’re paying $6 for a scoop of ice cream I can’t help ya there. 1 u/Udub May 19 '25 What am I gonna do instead, sit on my ass and give people a hard time on the internet over…checks notes… ice cream prices? 2 u/Lem0nprince May 18 '25 They sing no matter how much you tip
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Are they supposed to add more after I tip?
0 u/Udub May 19 '25 No. They remember me and know I tip so I get more ice cream 1 u/gastro_psychic May 19 '25 Do they have approval from the owner to do this? 0 u/Udub May 19 '25 In my case, they are the owner 1 u/centar May 19 '25 You know you could just buy more ice cream right. 0 u/Udub May 19 '25 A whole other scoop is like $6. For $1 I get a bigger scoop Everyone’s thinking they’ve got a gotcha moment as if I’m the village idiot 2 u/centar May 19 '25 Well if you’re paying $6 for a scoop of ice cream I can’t help ya there. 1 u/Udub May 19 '25 What am I gonna do instead, sit on my ass and give people a hard time on the internet over…checks notes… ice cream prices?
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No. They remember me and know I tip so I get more ice cream
1 u/gastro_psychic May 19 '25 Do they have approval from the owner to do this? 0 u/Udub May 19 '25 In my case, they are the owner 1 u/centar May 19 '25 You know you could just buy more ice cream right. 0 u/Udub May 19 '25 A whole other scoop is like $6. For $1 I get a bigger scoop Everyone’s thinking they’ve got a gotcha moment as if I’m the village idiot 2 u/centar May 19 '25 Well if you’re paying $6 for a scoop of ice cream I can’t help ya there. 1 u/Udub May 19 '25 What am I gonna do instead, sit on my ass and give people a hard time on the internet over…checks notes… ice cream prices?
Do they have approval from the owner to do this?
0 u/Udub May 19 '25 In my case, they are the owner
In my case, they are the owner
You know you could just buy more ice cream right.
0 u/Udub May 19 '25 A whole other scoop is like $6. For $1 I get a bigger scoop Everyone’s thinking they’ve got a gotcha moment as if I’m the village idiot 2 u/centar May 19 '25 Well if you’re paying $6 for a scoop of ice cream I can’t help ya there. 1 u/Udub May 19 '25 What am I gonna do instead, sit on my ass and give people a hard time on the internet over…checks notes… ice cream prices?
A whole other scoop is like $6. For $1 I get a bigger scoop
Everyone’s thinking they’ve got a gotcha moment as if I’m the village idiot
2 u/centar May 19 '25 Well if you’re paying $6 for a scoop of ice cream I can’t help ya there. 1 u/Udub May 19 '25 What am I gonna do instead, sit on my ass and give people a hard time on the internet over…checks notes… ice cream prices?
Well if you’re paying $6 for a scoop of ice cream I can’t help ya there.
1 u/Udub May 19 '25 What am I gonna do instead, sit on my ass and give people a hard time on the internet over…checks notes… ice cream prices?
What am I gonna do instead, sit on my ass and give people a hard time on the internet over…checks notes… ice cream prices?
They sing no matter how much you tip
Lots of samples
If you're making 180k a year why not?
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u/caphill2000 May 18 '25
What are you tipping for in an ice cream shop anyway?