Comment on "If you can't afford to tip 40%, then don't eat out"
canniest_tod@lemmy.world 1 day ago
A lot of people in the comments are remarking on the tip culture in America. Friendly reminder that it’s not the culture that necessitates tipping here. We have a tipping economy when it comes to a lot of service work. $2.13 is the minimum wage for servers in the states. This is less than what could rightfully be called a starvation wage, so tipping is a social necessity. You might think that’s crazy and we should change it, and you would be correct.
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And yet this is BS when many servers are among the highest paid minimum wage people.
And they’ve had this ridiculous tipping wage for decades, and used to be ok with 15% tips
Now suddenly everyone wants a tip regardless whether they’re a server, some tips are stolen by management, we pay “service fees” for the servers, and suddenly we also need 20+% on hugely inflated food prices.
I’m sorry but servers seem like the only part of the economy doing well
canniest_tod@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Doing well? They’re getting by like the rest of us. Why would they do that job if they weren’t being paid for it?
AA5B@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I’m saying they’re demanding higher tips on highly inflated food, while most of us don’t keep up with inflation
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
do you REALLY think the servers set the prices?
canniest_tod@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Since no one believes in unions and they’ve been legislatively kneecapped, social pressure to pay them tends to fall on the consumer. It’s not ideal, but such is the economy we live in.
Have you tried blaming someone with power?