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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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Hi, I'm American I live in America. I don't tip, because the entire tipping industry puts more burden on the consumer than is fair. I came to exchange my money for goods or services, as the business expects. I did not come to giveaway even more of my hard earned money to someone who is already getting paid for the very thing they expect me to double pay them for. That is all, have a great day.
As someone who used to live on tips that's short sighted. The customer will always get the short end of the stick in this type of fight. If everyone refuses to give the employee 20% of the ticket then the business will charge the customer 40% of the ticket and give the employee 15%.
Blaming the customer for not tipping is the short sighted take. A business which can't afford to pay its employees a livable wage doesn't deserve to exist.
Yes but the argument here seems to be that these businesses that shouldn't exist still have patrons in this thread refusing to tip. Refusing to tip in an institution where it's already the system AND using their services IS the customer giving a big middle-finger to the service staff. If you don't agree with tipping in general don't use those services where people's livelihoods are already tied to the expectation of a tip. Otherwise you are the asshole.
As is your right, still makes you an asshole though. Yeah, it's fucked up workers aren't paid enough but that IS the reality of the situation. Tipping at this point is like flushing the toilet - technically optional but not doing it is pretty shitty.
That's not true. I've heard accounts of early servers who only made money off of tips and were expected to pay the restaurant a portion of their tips for the privilege of serving there. In fact the only way to get service was to tip them beforehand and how much you tipped determined the level of service you received. This tip for good service is just a myth that is an excuse to avoid tipping.