Comment on Anon doesn't tip

• lemonmelon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If you’re patronizing a restaurant that underpays wait staff and refuse to tip the server, you’re not only fucking them but you’re supporting the system by going to the restaurant in the first place.

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  • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • lemonmelon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sure, let me help you! My point is that if you’re patronizing a restaurant that underpays wait staff and refuse to tip the server, you’re not only fucking them but you’re supporting the system by going to the restaurant in the first place.

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• MarshallBravestarr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  How does withholding a tip end the current system?

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  • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • MarshallBravestarr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      1. We don’t tip workers in those other fields you mentioned because they make a livable wage. Food service workers, particularly servers, often make less than minimum wage.

      2. I’m glad wherever you live pays their wait staff a livable wage. If that happened in the US, tipping wouldn’t be the way it is now. Unfortunately the system has to change first. Until it does, if a customer patronizes a restaurant, they should tip. If someone can’t afford to tip, they should stay home.

      3. The “invisible hand of the market” isn’t going to solve this issue. A change in labor law will. We either need state or federal laws to protect food service workers. Then employers will be forced to pay their staff better and tipping won’t be so compulsory.

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