r/antiwork
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u/SmilkySooth
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Jan 14 '22
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So sorry, I'm broke so I can only pay you $77 for my food. You were great though.
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u/nikstick22 Jan 15 '22
tipping culture in America is absolutely a horrible structure. Women drastically outperform men on tips but in return are subjected to a lot of sexual harassment (this has been proven by many studies). It creates a system where employees compete for prime tip hours (the morning shift on a Wednesday is gonna make you next to nothing). Because tipping is considered necessary nearly ubiquitously, the price of dining is basically 15-25% higher nationally but a significant portion of the wages of the servers are incredibly unstable and while some people do make good money, for each of those there's at least one person who is screwed over.
If you have enough money to pay two people a liveable wage, but instead you pay one person 10% more and the other 10% less, I think you've created a massive net deficit to society.
One person makes a little extra than the bare minimum they need, but the other is fucking screwed.