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"Everybody just stop" is not a solution to this or any other problem, because everybody is not going to just stop. I've seen restaurants that put "we will add
by DonsDiscountGas 3y ago
"Everybody just stop" is not a solution to this or any other problem, because everybody is not going to just stop.
I've seen restaurants that put "we will add a 20% gratuity to every bill" on the menu, which is a good idea but restaurants still need to do it. And "every restaurant just do X" is also not realistic.
My suggestions are twofold:
1. Remove any exception in minimum wage laws for "tipped employees". So at least they're now making minimum wage.
2. Outlaw tipping. Hard to enforce, but it does mean that every piece of software (apps, in restaurant screens) will no longer have the option to tip. So if people want to tip they need to do so in cash, and paying in cash is rare and getting rarer.
- jrajav 3y agoThe obvious solution is #1. Tip credits were a greedy and completely unnecessary policy from the start that should never have made it into law. Removing them again will undercut one of the main reasons everyone still feels obligated to tip at restaurants.
- HeavenFox 3y agoUnfortunately it doesn’t work. There are a few states where the minimum wage is the same for tipped employees, but tipping is still required in those states :(
- baby 3y agoDoes it matter if not everybody stops? What if some threshold of people stopped? Actually what is the current percentage of people tipping?