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Isoprenoid@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

We don’t know the size of the section, or the quality of the job.

So that could be: “God damn, that’s cheap!” or “God damn, that’s expensive!”

If he is getting tips, then it may actually be reasonable. Genuine question, do Americans normally tip the people who mow their lawns?

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funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I pay $70+$10 tip for 0.8 acres. My guy seems happy with that.

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- Metz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Out of curiosity, how long does he need? If he manages to do that in an hour or max of 2, then this is not bad at all.
  
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Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Yup. We’re conditioned to tip everyone

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- Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  It’s crazy, really, reading about it.
  
  eu.usatoday.com/story/news/…/3896620001/
  
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EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Tipping is ingrained into our basic economic culture. Restaurant staff (waiters and waitresses in particular) make 80%+ of their money through tips. Federal minimum wage is about $7.25 USD, and almost no states have a minimum wage that low (some places it’s easily double that), but it’s completely legal to pay wait staff $2.25 an hour and expect them to make up the difference to $15-20 per hour in tips almost anywhere. A standard “good” tip at a restaurant is 20%. Even going to a grocery store you’ll often see a tip jar on the counter that people toss their spare change into. Outside of restaurants, no other job is completely dependent on tips to live, but in many service industries it’s still customary to tip as a way to show appreciation for a service rendered (especially if they go above and beyond).

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- ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  You do have to earn at least minimum wage as a waiter if your tips don’t add up with your wage to at least $7.25 hourly, though. That said, $7.25 is a poverty wage. Ideally this would be solved with an appropriate minimum wage and decent pay for waitstaff/kitchen staff.
  
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njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I don’t know if I’d say it’s common exactly, especially since so many people use services and extended contracts and whatnot. Not at all unheard of though.

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