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So assume that if they (and the back of the house, in the event of tip pooling) were paid a meaningful base wage it would have cost 20% more for the experience
by anamoulous 10y ago
So assume that if they (and the back of the house, in the event of tip pooling) were paid a meaningful base wage it would have cost 20% more for the experience of dining at the restaurant. Do a calculation and add that to the check, because that's what you would be paying if we didn't have tip culture.
- seangrogg 10y agoThe thing is... people are okay with that. It's how most every other country works. Americans are paying it anyways, the only difference is sometimes the waiter(ess) gets shafted because the business outsources the responsibility to their customers.
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- nolite 10y agoI don't live in a tip culture (not in America), and things seem to move along just fine. There's no shortage of people eating out in restaurants, nor a shortage of wait-staff working there..
- anamoulous 10y agoThat's not the point I was making. The point I was making was if you are so offended by the idea of tipping imagine that: * If we didn't tip, these experiences cost 20% more. (We can't know whether that's the right number or not, but I think it's a good place to start) * Now just apply 20% to your check and go on about your day. This is legitimate advice for a person baffled by tipping -- just pay 20% more and move on. If we lived in a world where that waiter got paid a meaningful wage, that's what you'd be paying.