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submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/antiwork@lemmy.ml

We dug into how American tipping culture got so broken, and the fight to fix it.

It turns out that your tips are subsidizing the payrolls of multi-billion dollar chains, while they pay their workers under minimum wage.

It's a system rooted in slavery, and pushed by a wealthy restaurant owners onto the rest of us.

But there's a growing movement to change it.

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[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

People that get tips should make at least minimum wage like everyone else. The employer should not get to pay less because someone gets a tip.

I always try to tip in cash. First so the person getting the tip can decide if they want to declare it as income. Second so it goes where I intend it to go.

20% is a good tip. More is not necessary.

I always decline tipping on the screens.

Never pre-tip. Tipping should always happen after service. You won't get a refund on that tip if the service is bad.

Edit: A word

[-] kofe@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Gentle request to still tip if you think service was bad. The employee could be having a bad day, something could be out of their hands, or even if they're just a shitty worker, they can be let go after enough fuck ups. Denying someone their tip because you think it was "bad service" is part of that bullshit master-slave dynamic. Normal employers can't deny wages if someone shows up and doesn't do the work - they have to be fired or sent home

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I think a minimum tip is a great idea.

[-] Sentenial@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe even just call it a service charge like other places in the world.

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