• Rediphile@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    You guessed wrong. I have a strong opinion against tipping specifically because of working in restaurants including as a server.

    I did not like the inconsistent pay and would have preferred consistent pay. I’m sorry if that doesn’t align with your worldview.

    • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
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      9 months ago

      As a back of house worker, nothing was more disheartening then hearing all the servers go “I only made $200 in tips today in three hours” and being like “I only made $40 because I worked three hours.”

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      9 months ago

      So you’ve been a server and are aware of the uneven pay and the fact that if you don’t get good enough tips you’re making a starvation wage of minimum wage, and yet you still decide “fuck those people who are being exploited by restaurant owners because I don’t agree with tipping.” That’s heartless

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        9 months ago

        Yes, because I’m against the inconsistent pay I experienced and want it to end so others do not experience the same.

        Heartless is continuing to encourage such a system.

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          9 months ago

          You not tipping isn’t going to result in any fundamental change in the system, you’re just stiffing the people who are being exploited.

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            9 months ago

            Me not tipping probably the most meaningfully personal action I can take to help to bring a change to the system, namely ending tipping.

            It’s certainly more effective than continued tipping is at trying to end tipping.

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              9 months ago

              You could simply not eat at places that don’t pay their staff a living wage, because as it is, you’re still paying the company to continue their shitty practices.