Tipflation is Sus: Why You're Tipping for EVERYTHING 🤨

The Deets on Tips

Fam, let's get real about this whole tipping thing. It's getting outta hand, right? Like, you're grabbing a coffee and they hit you with the tip screen? It's sus. People are starting to rage 'cause they're getting asked to tip everywhere. Surveys are showing Canadians are big mad about the sitch.

But here's the tea: all this tipping might be lowkey messing with the workers. Some experts are saying that depending on tips keeps wages trash and makes it harder for servers to ask for better pay. Basically, they're stuck relying on your generosity instead of getting a decent paycheck. But employers in British Columbia gotta pay servers at least minimum wage, no cap.

Some peeps are all for tipping, saying it motivates good service, and that it's a huge part of the income. Others are like, "Nah, just pay them a fair wage and ditch the tips." But that could mean prices go 📈📈📈, and nobody wants that.

Plus, the whole tipping thing can be kinda unfair. Like, do people tip more based on looks? And servers might have to deal with customers being straight-up rude just to get those tips. One restaurant union didn't even change its tipping practices.

Changing the tipping culture is hard 'cause it's been around forever. If restaurants ditched tips, they'd probably have to charge way more, and that's a whole can of worms.

Homebuilding Rules are Getting a Glow-Up in BC

In other news, the BC government is switching up the rules for development fees to try and boost the building of new homes. Basically, they're making it easier for builders to pay those fees. Builders will pay 25% when the permit is approved and 75% when the building is ready for peeps to move in.

The deets: developers now have four years to pay instead of just two. And instead of letters of credit, the government will let them use on-demand surety bonds for financial guarantees. Why all the changes? The market's kinda wack right now with high costs and interest rates, so projects were stalling. The Urban Development Institute is stoked about the changes, saying that those upfront fees were becoming a major problem for builders. Hopefully, this means more housing projects will actually happen.