• Taleya@aussie.zone
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    10 days ago

    Outside of the US it’s a reward for good work

    Inside the US its you directly subsidising the businesses refusal to even pay minimum wage.

    So bitching about a higher tip is bitching about fair wages for work. You got an issue paying that, you take it up with the employer who has shoved the burden of paying their waitstaff onto you.

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        10 days ago

        One of the greatest achievements of restaurant owners was to pay waiters sub liveable wage and make them blame customers for it.

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        10 days ago

        Or we could tip while we continue advocating for legal ends to the system of tipping. I won’t stiff someone who isn’t making a fair wage, but I’d really like to switch over to how europe does it