Comment on What’s a reasonable tip for a barber? (America)
magnetosphere@fedia.io 1 day agoI see your point, but a change like that would require major legal changes, which would take years. In the meantime, I don’t want to screw people who rely on tips to live.
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 1 day ago
Yes I understand your dilemma. The problem is, everybody thinks the same way and the beat goes on: the employers don’t pay their employees the true price of their labor because they know the patrons will make up the difference.
The system is allowed to continue by shaming customers into paying, and I’m not doing shame-based scams.
Incidentally: you know who makes a killing out of the Americans’ stupid habits of tipping? The French. In France, the gratuity is included in the price. But most Americans don’t know that and tip them - meaning they get double the money.
That’s why, whenever I go to France, I speak my native tongue in restaurants instead of speaking French - which I speak also: the waiter treats us real good all evening long because they think they’re gonna milk a good load of money out of us. But when I pull out my credit card from a European bank, they instantly stop being nice 🙂
Fuck tipping, regardless of the country.
AmidFuror@fedia.io 1 day ago
What I got out of your anecdote is that waiters in France provide better service if they think that will earn them a tip.
magnetosphere@fedia.io 1 day ago
Agreed!