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Tipping is dumb. I should not have to concern myself with how other people are paid. It's not my problem nor is it something I want to think about while simply

Tipping is dumb. I should not have to concern myself with how other people are paid. It's not my problem nor is it something I want to think about while simply trying to exchange money for goods or services.

untog 7y ago
> I should not > nor is it something I want Agree on both points. You shouldn't have to, but if you live in the US you very often so, because customer service staff are chronically underpaid. The full answer is legislative, so make sure these people are paid appropriately. The short term answer is that yes, until the problem is fixed we do have to concern ourselves with how other people are paid.
- pkaye 7y ago
  In California and some other states, the tipped and non-tipped wage is the same.
- aeternum 7y ago
  Underpaid based on their skill-level? The driver delivering your food or groceries typically gets a tip, but the driver delivering your package doesn't. It could actually be the same driver since they are now both gig-economy jobs. Warehouse workers, retail store workers, even the cooks and dishwashers at those same restaurants make less on avg. than waiters/waitresses, and yet don't get tips. Tipping is mostly tradition, it has to do with how 'close' a job is to an end-user. There is little logic to it.
  - untog 7y ago
    > Underpaid based on their skill-level? Underpaid based on the amount of money required to live life.
- tipalink 7y ago
  Couldn't agree more. And it's not just customer service. So many workers are chronically underpaid in the US because wages simply haven't kept up with the cost of living. Some people are "working" and barely getting paid at all (all those side hustlers, artists, content creators, etc.) I'm working to bring tipping to web pages to apply that same solution (subsidize income with tips) to the digital creator economy (see my handle dot com).

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Tipping is dumb. I should not have to concern myself with how other people are paid. It's not my problem nor is it something I want to think about while simply

by robertcope 7y ago

untog 7y ago
> I should not > nor is it something I want Agree on both points. You shouldn't have to, but if you live in the US you very often so, because customer service staff are chronically underpaid. The full answer is legislative, so make sure these people are paid appropriately. The short term answer is that yes, until the problem is fixed we do have to concern ourselves with how other people are paid.
- pkaye 7y ago
  In California and some other states, the tipped and non-tipped wage is the same.
- aeternum 7y ago
  Underpaid based on their skill-level? The driver delivering your food or groceries typically gets a tip, but the driver delivering your package doesn't. It could actually be the same driver since they are now both gig-economy jobs. Warehouse workers, retail store workers, even the cooks and dishwashers at those same restaurants make less on avg. than waiters/waitresses, and yet don't get tips. Tipping is mostly tradition, it has to do with how 'close' a job is to an end-user. There is little logic to it.
  - untog 7y ago
    > Underpaid based on their skill-level? Underpaid based on the amount of money required to live life.
- tipalink 7y ago
  Couldn't agree more. And it's not just customer service. So many workers are chronically underpaid in the US because wages simply haven't kept up with the cost of living. Some people are "working" and barely getting paid at all (all those side hustlers, artists, content creators, etc.) I'm working to bring tipping to web pages to apply that same solution (subsidize income with tips) to the digital creator economy (see my handle dot com).