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> you tip. generously No, absolutely not, that is not the correct solution to the very real problem of underpaid staff. Instead I want laws to ban tipping and
by jjav 4y ago
> you tip. generously
No, absolutely not, that is not the correct solution to the very real problem of underpaid staff.
Instead I want laws to ban tipping and force jobs to pay a reasonable living wage at a minimum. Yes the product will cost more in restaurants but so be it, it's the honest way to do it.
- acdha 4y agoPush for those laws. Patronize restaurants which pay well. Until that’s universal, tip generously anywhere you aren’t certain pays their works great wages. Good intentions don’t help anyone make rent.
- mikhael28 4y agoI used to work as a janitor for minimum wage. I never got a tip. How was that fair? Did I not provide a service? You sound like someone who used to work as an employee who received tips.
- acdha 4y agoI wasn't saying that was fair, and have supported raising the minimum wage every time it's been on the ballot. A key difference is that in most of the U.S. restaurant workers have a much lower minimum wage with the expectation that tips will make up for that. That's why I mentioned the difference between what you should do before anything changes and afterwards: if someone's base pay is $2.30/hour and tips are supposed to bring that up, not tipping is probably costing them money their budget is based on. None of that says that we shouldn't be trying to get both jobs to be more humane.
- mikhael28 4y agoOkay, yeah, sure - it's a very good point. I live in WA, where the minimum wage is the same for every profession. So, that argument just isn't valid for me - unfortunately. States like Alabama keep finding new ways to screw states like Washington.
- mikhael28 4y agoI picked Alabama out of alphabetical order, of course. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped