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Tipping culture in U.S. (self.asklemmy)

submitted 8 months ago by billbasher to c/asklemmy

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There are laws in place for service workers related to minimum wage. The employers have to make up the difference if tips don’t meet the rate for hours worked. It seems to me that’s not sufficient for the times.

Hypothetically, if everyone were to stop tipping in the U.S. would things be better or worse for workers? Would employers start paying workers more?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is very prevalent on Lemmy.

Marginally ok thing happens that is progress in one particular part of a wider issue

No grass touchin lem:

"Well that's not addressing full systemic change within one calendar month therefore is a waste and an assault on all of us!"

Like, we get it dude. There's big problems out there. But that attitude just sucks the good out of every individual act, especially when that act has no contact, or ability to change the wider issue.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

They didn't say it's pointless because it isn't a big enough change.

They said it's harmful because it's screwing over the server and the employer (let alone the industry) probably won't care.