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Let me rephrase: the waiters are the customer facing employees of a restaurant. They are no more working for the customer than a till worker in a shop is, or a
by AllegedAlec 8y ago
Let me rephrase: the waiters are the customer facing employees of a restaurant. They are no more working for the customer than a till worker in a shop is, or a help-desk employee is. Therefore, the onus is on the restaurant to provide compensation for their time, not on the customer.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoExcept in a free market, the customer is free to compensate the waitstaff at will. Which enables tipping whether we want it to or not. And motivates the waitperson to behave differently than a simple employee.