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Every time there is an initiative to require paying living wages, food and bar service representatives fight to get it killed because they make _more_ money fro
by adastra22 2mo ago
Every time there is an initiative to require paying living wages, food and bar service representatives fight to get it killed because they make _more_ money from tips than they would from regular wages. Tip-earning workers in America are well represented.
- singpolyma3 2mo agoCould always do what we did in Canada: pay living wages but still inexplicably keep tipping culture
- BeetleB 2mo agoSeveral states do that.
- tolugenius 2mo ago> pay living wages But have you thought about the poor shareholders? /s
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- rustcleaner 2mo agoCould ban tipping by law. Businesses where employees are caught accepting tips get fined. The price on the menu or shelf must be the final price at payment (including sales taxes and other fees).
- singpolyma3 2mo agoBusinesses shouldn't accept tips certainly. They go to people.
- XorNot 2mo agoExcept the actual workers don't: very very few consistently earn a higher wage, instead on a "good night" they count the win and ignore the losses when it's not. Even with reliable good nights the off nights eat away at that margin. It's a false economy.
- rustcleaner 2mo agoFew talk about the Skinnerian mechanics behind tipping. It's the addictive element which keeps gamers gaming, microtransactors microtransacting, pattern day traders day trading, and gig drivers gigging. The excitement of the gamble. The irrational belief that the next customer may be George Soros and they'll leave $10K on the table.
- yipinwong 2mo agoThis is a dummiest reason tippers come up with. "require paying living wages."