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Well the federal minimum wage hasn't been increased in ... 14 YEARS. So...maybe tip in the meantime? not to mention current legal frameworks allow workers w
by zzzeek 4y ago
Well the federal minimum wage hasn't been increased in ... 14 YEARS. So...maybe tip in the meantime?
not to mention current legal frameworks allow workers who are tipped to be paid less than minimum wage. as well as some workers are undocumented and are victims of an obsolete immigration system that has not been fixed for decades due to political gridlock.
so maybe just TIP, at the very least.
- jjav 4y ago> So...maybe tip in the meantime? Do you tip every employee in every industry that might be making minimum wage?
- zzzeek 4y agono, I tip in establishments where the workers are service workers who explicitly asking for tips, as well as for specific transactions where tipping is customary hence expected. note that restaurant workers in the US make less than minimum wage before tips in many cases.
- jjav 4y ago> no, I tip in establishments where the workers are service workers who explicitly asking for tips, as well as for specific transactions where tipping is customary hence expected. Hopefully you see the inconsistency here? You mentioned that minimum wage has not increased in a long time so people making are underpaid (true). And that tipping is somehow the solution. But unless you tip everyone you ever interact with that might be making minimum wage, that's a highly inconsistent position. Instead we can simply raise minimum wage to a living wage and outlaw tipping. Fair to everyone.
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