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This is known as a market failure and it's what the government is for. It will likely never happen, but we need legislation to end tipping in an entire market a
by demosthanos 2y ago
This is known as a market failure and it's what the government is for. It will likely never happen, but we need legislation to end tipping in an entire market all at once.
- SoftTalker 2y agoYou can't really prevent one person (a customer) from handing another person (the server) some money as recognition of good service, or because he thinks the server is cute, or because it makes him feel good, or whatever.
- demosthanos 2y agoBut you can remove the laws that allow restaurants to pay servers less than minimum wage and that thereby make tipping effectively mandatory.
- RestlessMind 2y agoCalifornia has a very high mandatory minimum compared to Federal minimum wage. Yet, tipping exists and it seems servers prefer that over a higher wage.
- slau 2y agoWhy do you believe giving money to a stranger for the only reason of being sexually attracted to them is acceptable behaviour?
- Gud 2y agoWhy wouldn’t it be?
- RestlessMind 2y agoBecause that's how we have evolved as a species. Being attractive as well as yielding to beauty.