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So demanding extra money to do their job with a smile just seems too weird for me. It's funny how famous Americans are for disrespecting other cultures while E

by 300bps 13y ago

So demanding extra money to do their job with a smile just seems too weird for me. It's funny how famous Americans are for disrespecting other cultures while Europeans feel free to call anything American that differs from their own cultures "weird" or worse. There's plenty of things about Denmark that I find "weird" but I was raised not to insult other people's culture so I won't call them out.

gohrt 13y ago
Waiting tables is the extremely faint end of a spectrum that reaches to prostitution at the far end. Why pay someone to bring you food, if you aren't ill? Because you want to be made to feel good. More feelgoods, more money.
- Nursie 13y ago
  >> Why pay someone to bring you food, if you aren't ill? Because you want to be made to feel good. More feelgoods, more money. I'm not paying someone to bring me food, that's not the part of the experience I'm there for. I'm there for someone to cook me food. That the wait staff are there at all is a convenience, but they're sure as hell not the main attraction.
NegativeK 13y ago
Perhaps I'm disrespecting my own American culture, but it _is_ weird. Which industries expect tips and which don't feels arbitrary and ridiculous. Cabs, food service (sort of? Lots of fast food places leave a line item for tips, but I don't think it's expected,) bell hops. People in the fashion industry like tattoo artists and hair dressers expect tips, but I've never heard of people in retail wanting tips. Food delivery wants to be tipped (especially given that they have to cover their own vehicle costs,) but not package delivery. I know that I'm not the only American that considers tipping to be arbitrary and backward. The only American I've heard who defended it didn't understand that we wanted to replace his tipping wages with fair wages

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So demanding extra money to do their job with a smile just seems too weird for me. It's funny how famous Americans are for disrespecting other cultures while E

by 300bps 13y ago

gohrt 13y ago
Waiting tables is the extremely faint end of a spectrum that reaches to prostitution at the far end. Why pay someone to bring you food, if you aren't ill? Because you want to be made to feel good. More feelgoods, more money.
- Nursie 13y ago
  >> Why pay someone to bring you food, if you aren't ill? Because you want to be made to feel good. More feelgoods, more money. I'm not paying someone to bring me food, that's not the part of the experience I'm there for. I'm there for someone to cook me food. That the wait staff are there at all is a convenience, but they're sure as hell not the main attraction.
NegativeK 13y ago
Perhaps I'm disrespecting my own American culture, but it _is_ weird. Which industries expect tips and which don't feels arbitrary and ridiculous. Cabs, food service (sort of? Lots of fast food places leave a line item for tips, but I don't think it's expected,) bell hops. People in the fashion industry like tattoo artists and hair dressers expect tips, but I've never heard of people in retail wanting tips. Food delivery wants to be tipped (especially given that they have to cover their own vehicle costs,) but not package delivery. I know that I'm not the only American that considers tipping to be arbitrary and backward. The only American I've heard who defended it didn't understand that we wanted to replace his tipping wages with fair wages