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Why American Tipping Culture Is Broken (yewtu.be)
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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 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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

[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My fear of not tipping before I get my food/product is the fear of a resentful employee tampering with it before I get it. So then I'm left in a situation of feeling like my food is being held hostage if I don't give a tip. It really feels like a shakedown, and I don't appreciate it. It has made me stop frequenting places that ask for a tip before I even get my food.

[–] rgb3x3 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That doesn't happen. The companies want you to think that happens, but anywhere that you're tipping before receiving service is a place with employees that don't get paid in tips individually. It's either split evenly or the owner takes a large cut of what you "tip." So the employees really don't care enough to fuck with your food, which could get them fired or prosecuted.

Tips like that are an excuse for the owners not to pay their employees a fair wage and tell them during hiring they could make "up to x" amount.

[–] kofe@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] squiblet@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I’ve seen people too because their food came out slowly, even if it was hot then they got it… which is entirely beyond the control of the server, except if perhaps they lagged on turning in the order. Pretty lame if the place is just slammed and they end up doing twice the work for the same amount of tips.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think a minimum tip is a great idea.

[–] kofe@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Well, ideally employers just pay enough so it isn't pushed onto customers.

[–] Sentenial 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

How pathetic. So much mental gymnastics here to justify it all and avoid admitting that tipping to begin with is the problem.