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[–] [email protected] 101 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Obligatory what the fuck is wrong with how the US pays service people.

Tipping is for special appreciation, not basic sustenance.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (3 children)

The US made it legal to pay tipped employees basically no wage (like pennies an hour). Tipping is stupid but if you don't do it the employee is basically unpaid.

I'd split the difference by just paying them based on my estimation of the time and effort they spent. The cost of the thing I bought should have no bearing. This notion that the tip should be 15/18/20% or whatever of your final bill is idiotic.

[–] indepndnt 2 points 6 months ago

I feel like that's what the percentage was meant to approximate. Because more people in a party are likely to have a larger bill and will definitely be more work. Of course there are more variables and one constant percentage won't always result in the same reasonable wage for their work.

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