The tipping culture has become a topic of debate in many cities around the world.

This man admits to tipping servers generously because he respects their hard work and their time.

However, the company he’s working for said his tips are “too high.”

Instead of lowering his tips, he found another way to comply with the company policy.

Read the story below for all the details.

Company says I tip too high when I travel. Now I intentionally order more expensive food so I can tip what I think is an appropriate amount.

When going over my expense report, my company saw I tipped 20% for lunch one afternoon.

Lunch was $15, the tip was $3.

They told me that is too much “because I wouldn’t do that with my money.”

Heck yeah, I do.

This man justifies why he’s giving decent tips.

I just took the better part of an hour of my server’s time.

The least I could do is leave $3.

It’s $3 for crying out loud.

But rules are rules.

In order to comply with the company’s rules, he decided to upgrade his meals.

However, my company is fairly generous allowing me $75 a day to spend on food.

Which I never do, and that’s about to change.

For lunch today, instead of my usual salad or sandwich, I went for the lobster grilled cheese and, of course, upgrades my regular fries to the duck fat fries.

Enjoy “saving” that 5% for the rest of my travel meal expenses.

That really wasn’t an unreasonable tip. OP’s workaround sounds like a good one!

Let’s check out the comments of other people on Reddit.

This is so weird, says this user.

This person also shares their malicious compliance story.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

This comment makes a lot of sense.

Finally, this user suggests moving to a new company.

Their policy on tipping says a lot about their company.

If you liked that post, check out this one about an employee that got revenge on HR when they refused to reimburse his travel.