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Meriadoc · 3809 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Gratuitous Injustice of American Tipping Culture
I have no problem leaving the cash, the problem is forcing service industry employees to have to rely on that to survive and making them slaves to the system. I know because I worked in the system for years and just tried to get back into it, and hated myself for it as well. I would never advocate making those jobs minimum wage, they're clearly 16-20 dollar an hour jobs. Hell, I'd even still leave tips after people are paid well because those employees deserve extra, and I'd feel better about it too because I'd know that if there's a slow day, or week, or month, or year, that employee isn't going to be royally fucked, and my 20% extra doesn't have to be budgeted just so his family can eat. I'm not anti-tipping, I'm anti-tipping reliance.