Times of struggle its borderline indentured servitude level pay
And that's how you know the machine is oiled well. Make sure people are so focused on whether or not they'll have enough money to live or eat so they won't look at all of the obvious, glaring fuckery being done around (and to) us.
Maybe should have bought groceries or gone to a less expensive restaurant, then. I've always been taught if you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to eat out. (Though I agree with everyone else here that American tipping is a bullshit system, make the employers pay their staff, it shouldn't be our job as consumers to make sure they're paid fairly)
It's such bullshit. And the people that are so quick to be condescending and tell you you're the piece of shit for not tipping when the real pieces of shit are the company not paying proper wages, so ridiculous.
Are we pleasing thee master? Whilst doing a little jiggle with noddy style hats in a high pitched voice...ok yes I’ve done this silly little dance saying just that to my work colleagues to poke fun at how fucked up the boss and worker dynamic is that’s been forced on us. We all laugh but if you think about it it’s bloody depressing. Man I’d love some F U money.
Seriously, I waited tables and tended bar for almost 10 years. I certainly have no regrets, and it was an awesome job when I was younger. But I realized that when I was older I certainly didn't wanna work those kind of hours and have such unpredictable pay. I got into school for medical imaging and those last 2 years of FT serving and FT school with 24hrs/wk of clinical rotations was a giant bag of dicks!
I wish more members of this sub would be more encouraging to others trying to do the same instead of bitch moaning about how the system is explicitly designed to hold people down and that nobody will ever step up from the bottom rung of the ladder. Because its not.
Even better. Feed the dumber citizens hard propaganda that makes them fight with all the other citizens that are trying to fight for rights and pay. As if the hyuck hyucks are too busy fighting the progressives then they can't fight the government.
And then feed them propaganda that it's all their fault.
"Millennials are killing restaurants and small businesses and the baby market and diamonds and et cetera! They're spending all their money on avocado toast!"
Both sides of the spectrum could reach some form of a common ground if our masters would let them. Instead just keep us going hard against each other while they all line their pockets and laugh
Exactly. Or even worse you get people at the same level being condescending "moral high ground" pricks using shaming tactics to try and make you feel like you're a bad person for not subsiding the wages of the server in the corporations stead. You know the ones, "YoUrE aN aSsHoLe If YoU CaNt aFfOrD tO TiPpPpP" not even realizing this is exactly what corporations want because they get to rake in profits from all sides AND have the lower classes deriding and fighting amongst themselves over their own policies.
And make sure they can just barely cover their expenses so the only thing they do with downtime is take a break. Can't have them finding the time to better their situation.
Historically there have been a lot of relevant uprisings that have happened under a whole spectrum of conditions. The first I can think of would be the aftermath of the black plague, entire families were almost completely wiped over just a few years and the newly accumulated wealth of the survivors made them realize they no longer has to serve anyone.
While this may be true in most cases, I work for a restaurant where the servers (almost exclusively 20-something instagram models) are making $400-600 per shift. These girls drive the newest model cars, take extravagant month-long vacations regularly, and pay their college tuitions in cash. I know of at least two of them who received their bachelors in real estate that don’t plan on leaving the industry any time soon. Why would they? With 6 figures they can figure out health insurance and retirement on their own.
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u/Shruikathemonk Jan 14 '22
American tipping culture is a cancer.