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Is there even a way out of this situation? Some socioeconomical absurdities just cannot die.
by wruza 3y ago
Is there even a way out of this situation? Some socioeconomical absurdities just cannot die.
- alwayslikethis 3y agoBy not paying. Your continued tipping allows restaurants to not pay their employees a living wage and forcing the customer to subsidize them. Once a sizable percentage (let's say 30%) of customers don't tip, it will become progressively less effective as they have to jack up the percentages even more for people that do pay, resulting in more of them joining the non-tippers in a feedback loop. And then, maybe tipping will become a thing of the past.
- RunningDroid 3y agoAlternatively, coerce your representatives into removing the loophole in minimum wage law and tipping will all but die because people won't have a reason to feel bad for not tipping
- MByte 3y agoReasonable, but doubtful this will solve it. The West Coast states, with the some of the highest minimum wages, already require the standard minimum wage.
- wait_a_minute 3y agoPaying with cash.
- dpkirchner 3y agoGovernment regulation is the only viable option, and that's pretty unlikely to happen (at least in the US).