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Why don't we tip bus drivers then? Why don't we tip dental hygienists? Why don't we tip the pilots on our flights or the janitors at our libraries? The choice
by scoofy 2mo ago
Why don't we tip bus drivers then? Why don't we tip dental hygienists? Why don't we tip the pilots on our flights or the janitors at our libraries?
The choice of who we tip is entirely arbitrary. How much we are supposed to tip is also arbitrary. There is no logic behind it. The system is entirely stupid.
It clearly existed so that the proprietor can delegate the duty of finding and punishing bad service employees to the customer... which is, again, a terrible system that makes no sense, and it make even less sense now that it's spreading to all manner of jobs where this tenuous connection doesn't even exist!
- wak90 2mo agoIt's not arbitrary! It's rooted in slavery and racism!
- nilram 2mo agoI'm finding myself more in agreement than disagreement; there's no logic and the system is stupid. Tipping is a convention that's enshrined in minimum wage law (in many jurisdictions) for food service / tipped workers and that established convention guides my own tipping decisions. I'd rather that a minimum wage supported a better minimum standard of living.