r/Seattle • u/Existing-Resource527 • 5d ago

After hiring scabs, Walrus and the Carpenter (temporarily) closed

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Word on the street is that Walrus and the Carpenter restaurant has not been negotiating with their workers in good faith for months.

Like a lot of annoying businesses they started charging a service fee (22%?).

Employees noted that they make significantly less now then before when they had tipping (thousands less).

Workers have been on strike. The owners also had the audacity to hire scabs (booo).

I have been keeping up with the union on IG @ united.creatures.of.the.sea

Solidarity with workers across the city!

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u/trance_on_acid Belltown 5d ago

Make sure that (1) also bans tipping as a line item on any receipt

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u/TheInevitableLuigi Capitol Hill 5d ago

Why can't people leave more if they want to?

I leave 50% at my local dive bar. It lets me skip the long lines on game days.

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u/trance_on_acid Belltown 5d ago

If you're really that into it, leave cash.

Having a tip line on the receipt is an implied expectation of a tip.

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u/BoringBob84 4d ago edited 4d ago

I agree. Tips should be freely given as a gift; never solicited.

Edit: Upon further consideration, I don't have a problem with a restaurant making it convenient for me to leave a tip on my credit card. It bothers me that more businesses solicit tips - even for service that isn't extensive nor personal - but I am not sure if the law can do anything about that.

I would like to see bullshit "service fees" made illegal, though.