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[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 184 points 4 days ago (31 children)

Tipping culture should die.

I'd rather have meals on the menu be what I pay. Include tax, service fees, and other garbage fees.

I went to Japanese restaurant in NYC. They took my card and they returned it. I asked about the tip. They said it was all included. Fucking dream.

[–] Sprokes@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago (12 children)

Waiters are against it as they may get way more than if they were paid by the owner. Also they automatically get raises when menu prices increases.

What blows my mind is that American do tip everywhere and also give cash to some workers at the end of the year (mail man, garbage man,.. Etc).

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (11 children)

Waiters are against it as they get way more than if they were paid by the owner.

They're not against it, and they don't.

Source: was waiter for a decade

[–] Sprokes@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you are paid $15/h that is 20% of $75. Don't you think that the clients you will serve will pay way more than that during an hour?

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

See, I don't need to think hypothetically. I lived it. This "you'll akshually make more money this way" is the shit owners spout so they don't have to pay you. Self-serving prop to feed those who don't know better, simply and completely untrue.

I used to love looking at my negative dollar paychecks showing my paltry 2.13 didn't even cover the fuggen taxes on my tips while the manager espoused that falsehood in the mandatory monthly meetings

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sadly, though, there are a lot of servers who do buy the lie... Doesn't make any sense to me but I've seen plenty argue quite vehemently against ending tips

Yeah... You'll find those types in every industry really, thoughtlessly accepting boss-mans self-serving lies... like if you've been working any length of time you see they'll step over your corpse for a nickel but they are paying me less... for my benefit? This is for me? Maybe if it has ever seemed like any of my bosses cared that i was a human being with needs, but naw. Maybe i'm the weird one. Maybe im too prideful. Maybe im just untrusting in general . But im not wrong here, as a rule. Why would anyone believe they have our interests at heart when we live the way they treat us every day?

Answer? Lots n lots of people.

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