Michael Regilio
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2,071 appearances
9 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 12 Jul
Michael Regilio’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I'd be like, hey, you don't need to tip me.
There's already a 20% gratuity included.
Which, if I'm being totally honest, I was also doing my own little psychological trick, hoping that they would see how honest I was by pointing out that you don't need to give me an extra tip in hopes that they would be impressed and give me an extra little tip.
So perhaps there was a little trickery in my honesty.
Sure.
Yeah, that's happened to me too.
And I know a bunch of waiters or servers that would intentionally not tell the table that gratuity was included in hopes that it would turn into an extra 25%.
And it's annoying, and I get that.
We're all trying to get ahead here.
But when it's the freaking iPad trying to trick me, playing a psychological game on me, that's when I say something totally has to change.
Yeah, and sadly, it's not even just for meals anymore.
The iPad is getting pushed at us just about everywhere you go.
And a big driver of this, of course, has been the gig economy.
Corporate America figured out a long time ago that it's cheaper to just call everybody an independent contractor, offer no salary, no benefits, but to sweeten the deal and to entice people into taking these low-paying jobs, they let them solicit tips.
And it just turned into a runaway train.
People were like, damn, dude, if my Uber driver, my DoorDash driver, my barista, my hairdresser, my donut shop employee, my florist, and my freaking plumber are all asking for a tip...
Why shouldn't I ask for a tip at my job?
Yep.
And quite frankly, the results have been disastrous or at least deeply unfair because suddenly the person scraping by delivering packages who doesn't receive tips is trying to understand why their friend who delivers sandwiches is receiving tips that they don't have to pay taxes on.
It's sort of an arbitrary policy that helps some struggling Americans and leaves others hanging out to drive.
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