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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

tipping should be illegal because it leads to underpaid workers. but until tipping becomes illegal, you are a fucking asshole if you don’t tip. you’re not sticking it to the man, you’re just shitting on a minimum wage worker because m-muh principles. grow up or move to a country where they don’t tip

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I hate that argument though. "You shouldn't enjoy things because you should pay more than the advertised, because that's just how things are". Change doesn't happen unless change happens. Basically, if you want tipping culture to change, you actually have to start changing tipping culture.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I love that scene, you have a table of vicious killers and sociopaths, and even they're disgusted at the idea of someone not tipping.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I only tip when I think they deserve a tip. I tipped the last meal I ate out. Nice person who checked every few minutes if we needed anything else. They kept our drinks from getting empty. The service was worth the tip so they got it. That is what the tip is for. Good service, not any service.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (20 children)

Doesn't get paid properly to deliver a service you're relying on.

Tipping culture is stupid, but that doesn't mean you get to fuck over workers by refusing the tips they rely on. If you want to fight that fight, take it up with the business or your legislator, ya cheap asshole.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ya'll are all wrong. Tipping is to compensate the 2 dollars they make an hour. It's a shitty system, but that's the deal. If you don't want to tip then don't go eat at a restaurant that supports that system. It's not some luxury add-on for excellent service (though it can be). It is purely to make up for the extremely low wages. Does anyone remember the rest of the dialog in this scene?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That only applies in shit states that allow that wage fuckery. There are several states where the minimum doesnt change based on whether the job receives tips.

This is one of the problems with the argument online. Too many off us have different realities around them. Where I'm at they get a pretty healthy minimum (~$17/h) + tips.

Being a waiter at a decent restaurant is quite lucrative in my area. I don't want to change that for the person, after all, the waiter is getting a cut off every check. It's like a form of profit sharing! However, I'd rather just have the prices on the menu reflect reality and the business handle all the dispersion of pay without me and my feelings getting manipulated for an extra 5% (after the previously established 18% tip standard was deemed too low by people who get tipped that for decades.)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

you don't tip because your cheap

I don't tip because I never go anywhere

we are not the same

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

never mess with the people who handle your food.

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