This has been wild to watch. So many people talking about how tipping is out of hand, but not saying the solution is people getting paid right in the first place. - ThreadSky

jphillll.bsky.social • 646 days ago

This has been wild to watch. So many people talking about how tipping is out of hand, but not saying the solution is people getting paid right in the first place.

Reposted from More Perfect Union

So we all agree: it’s time for everyone to get a living wage.

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adreanalangston.bsky.social•646 days ago

People need to understand the history of tipping. https://adreanainlb.blogspot.com/2023/01/there-is-no-us-working-class-issue.html

nima292.bsky.social•646 days ago

So in a city like SF, with all the minimum wage and other legal provisions, we have the same culture of tipping that in Tennessee! Doesn't make any sense! Set the correct wage, and make the tipping zero. Similar to EU.

pimpinlincoln.bsky.social•646 days ago

I just order the food to go and that’s it. I’m not dealing with these crazy tips on top of the crazy food prices.

thomasmost.bsky.social•646 days ago

people getting paid right in the first place is weirdly unpopular

lordthayer.bsky.social•646 days ago

I’ve been in the service industry for 13 years & tho I love the idea of getting a dignified wage, one thing I think people don’t quite get though is that the only reason a lot of industry folk don’t have to work multiple jobs is BECAUSE we’re not paid by our employers. No way they’d do $25+ per hour

whenstarsalignai.bsky.social•646 days ago

I’ve spent my entire adulthood in the restaurant industry and what many don’t understand is how small the profit margins are. Even when you are able to achieve economies of scale, which is not the case with most places, at best you are looking at around 15% and that’s with paying shit wages. 1/

whenstarsalignai.bsky.social•646 days ago

Add to it the fact that customers are price conscious and food prices have soared.

chris.chabot.dev•646 days ago

As a customer it doesn’t really matter if the $ is filed under tip or included in the price does it? The resulting total $ is the same

It just skips the awkward tip dance

chris.chabot.dev•646 days ago

Do note I am European, though I did live in the US for a number of years

But it still feels weird to me that staff doesn’t just get paid for the work they do, but have to rely on tips instead. Imagine if every job worked that way?

yury.molodtsov.me•646 days ago

It is the same everywhere including Europe and Japan.

ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social•646 days ago

i've noticed this on tiktok, too. a lot of people making videos about how they're no longer caving into 'social pressure' to tip and it's nuts.

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