Coffee Shop In Salt Lake City Eliminates Tips and Increases Salaries; Customers Say Welcome Change
A coffee shop in downtown Salt Lake City is running an experiment to cope with the tipping fatigue and negative views of the tipping culture in the US. Three Pines Coffee has decided to eliminate tipping and its owner, Nick Price said as a consumer, he experienced tipping fatigue too, in a KUTV report . Price thinks tipping is outdated and certainly not the best way for his employees to earn a living, thus, he has abolished tipping and increased their salary instead.
Why Did Three Pines Coffee Eliminate Tipping?
According to Price, during the busy summer times, their business sees an increase in tips and the income for employees is pretty good. However, during the winter times, the tips run pretty low causing a fluctuation in income.
Thus, Price thought that it wasn’t fair for his employees to make less money during the slower winter months. So he abolished tipping entirely and raised the hourly pay of his employees from $8 to $18.