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There are laws in place for service workers related to minimum wage. The employers have to make up the difference if tips don’t meet the rate for hours worked. It seems to me that’s not sufficient for the times.

Hypothetically, if everyone were to stop tipping in the U.S. would things be better or worse for workers? Would employers start paying workers more?

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[-] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Tipping culture sucks, but good luck getting anyone who actively benefits from it to admit that. I'm looking at you, bartenders who spend ten seconds popping open my beer and expect fucking 25% of the fucking 8 dollars on top of taxes. Fuck you, you get ONE DOLLAR PER DRINK. I dont give a fuck if you think i'm a tightwad, fuck you shit's expensive, and you're lucky I'm even doing that. Go ahead, gimme that stinkeye see if I give a fuck.

[-] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Definitely. I'll give a decent tip for a cocktail, but you get a buck if you're pouring me a beer or popping open a bottle.

[-] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 2 points 9 months ago

Well, yeah a mixed drink is more for sure. Or if they actually like provide conversation or any service at all really. I'm not against paying for service, I just don't think the honor system is a good way of doing it when it effectively means employers reliably abuse that honor to cheap out on fair compensation, and I'm sick of supporting unfair unethical business practices. What I really need to do is quit tipping entirely, but fuck me I've worked for tips before, I know how it goes. Just that bartenders happen to be one of the few positions that receive tips that actually benefit from the arrangement compared to just being paid a fair wage for their labor. And when people feel bad for not dropping an extra 25% (Twenty-Five Percent! She actually had the audacity to complain I didn't leave Twenty-Five Percent! To my face!) it's no surprise.

[-] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

I'm about ready to start telling service workers to spit in my food or form a union. You're choice.

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