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I'm not american, and when I got to new york for some holidays I just found how bad is the tipping status here. It's awful. It's basically a legalized bribe.

• droopyEyelids 3y ago
  It's worse than a legalized bribe. It makes you complicit in a system of exploitation where owners pay workers below what the worker needs to survive, and if you -the customer!- don't make up the shortfall you're responsible of the immiseration of the worker.
• ahoy 3y ago
  It's not good for anyone. It's bad for customers, who feel squeezed at every little transaction. It's bad for employees, whose income depends on customers giving into that squeeze. An acquaintance of mine runs a coffee shop in Brooklyn. She pays her staff a higher hourly wage, doesn't accept tips, and prices things accordingly. It's a much better system, and it should be the law
• BurningFrog 3y ago
  Bribe dictionary definition: > persuade (someone) to act in one's favor, typically illegally or dishonestly, by a gift of money or other inducement That's not it.
  • tomrod 3y ago
    If the tip impacts the service level, rather than the service level defining an expected tip, then it is more or less dishonest.