Comment on Don't forget to tip your gas station

• bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You obviously haven’t been talking to servers that make $200 a night in cash tips they don’t pay taxes on. My fiancé works in marketing for a large winery, and some of the kids they would bring in to work the restaurant would be making tons of money from it. Those are the people who love it

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  • dangblingus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You don’t talk to enough servers that aren’t 20 year old blonde chicks. And even then, there are slow nights where they bring home $50 in tips. It’s a predatory system for all involved except the owner class.

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    • bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Okay? The point is that there are people who like the system, and those are the people I outlined. That’s the point of my comment as a reply to the comment above. No one here has said it’s not predatory.

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    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Or the people in the back of the house that bust their ass, are sometimes highly trained, and take home less than the person carrying food back and forth.

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      • bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s not the discussion going on? We are talking about who the people are that champion for tipping.

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  • Blaster_M@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They’re supposed to pay federal income tax on their tips in the USA. However, it being cash, most people take it as “under the table” wages.

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    • bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I know they are supposed to, but most places don’t. Some business will even give out your debit/credit tips in cash so you don’t have to claim them.

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• danielton@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You’ve never gotten into an argument with someone who says they tip their mechanic and doctor and thinks everybody should do the same?

  There absolutely are people in the US who believe that everybody you interact with as a customer should be tipped because they believe all the propaganda from the likes of Readers Digest and Wall Street Journal. They believe everybody must be tipped because covid and “How are those jobs any different from being a server? It’s a SERVICE!” It’s beyond ridiculous. I worked in retail and food service (not tipped) for a long time and would have been embarrassed to have to resort to begging for tips.

  Tip culture worship is real. I’ve run into plenty of people online and offline who think that tips should be mandatory everywhere, of all walks of life.

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  • elscallr@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People tipping their doctor? I don’t even pay my doctor, my insurance does that.

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    • danielton@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yup, I’ve seriously gotten into arguments with people who insist on tipping the doctor.

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