Tipping culture is bullshit. But if somebody doesn’t want to participate in tipping culture, they should refuse to patronize businesses that do participate in it. Somebody who stiffs people that depend on tips to make a living isn’t doing anything except being an asshole
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capt_wolf@lemmy.world 1 day agoTipping culture is bullshit anyway. If you run a business where you can’t afford to pay your employees enough without going out of business, then your business shouldn’t exist.
charokol@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 19 hours ago
They can afford it. But the make more when they completely shaft both the customer and the driver.
tmyakal@infosec.pub 10 hours ago
This is untrue. Margins for restaurants are razor-thin. They could only raise wages and eliminate the need for tips by raising prices, but then people wouldn’t eat there because everywhere else looks cheaper. Because customers are dumb and don’t think about how much tips cost, just what the menu price says.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 7 hours ago
We aren’t talking about restaurants. We are talking about delivery services.
MBech@feddit.dk 9 hours ago
If the restaurant doesn’t serve the same food as their neighbor, why would they lose money to them?
A common example though: A McDonalds Big Mac costs costs about $5.99 in , in Denmark it costs about $7. But in Denmark the worker is paid a minimum of $21. On top of that, they get paid maternity/paternity leave. The worker pays 2% of their pay into their pension fund, while the restaurant pays 11%. They get paid sickleave, they get 6 weeks of fully paid vacation per year.
If that’s possible for pretty much the same price of a burger, then the margins aren’t really as thin as you’ve been led to believe, but they make a hell of a lot more money by making you believe their lies.