• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    ITT.

    I love the scene where a group of sociopathic murders are all shocked at how scummy someone has to be to deprive a waitress of her wages, as if it’s justified because the owner doesn’t pay her either.

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      7 days ago

      It is absolutely justified. Businesses are able to pay employees, it’s just more profitable to move that burden onto customers.

      Result? Customers pay more, and workers don’t have a stable income. The only winning party is a business.

      By tipping, you help the worker short-term, but aid in proliferating a system that makes it so much worse for them.

      That’s why I love cultures where tipping isn’t just uncommon, but is flat out rejected, because workers are paid well and are proud of it.

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        7 days ago

        That’s wonderful in cultures where that already exists.

        For the waitress though, because of your “morals”, she’s choosing between rent and food.