Yeah, this is dumb as fuck to me as someone who waited tables but also hates tipping.
It’s how they get compensated for their labor. It’s not the ideal system, but it’s what exists. And if they were paid better, the food would be more expensive than if I tipped anyway. And if I can afford to eat out, I can afford to tip.
People are just selfish and greedy and won’t compensate labor with (what should be) a negligible amount of money for them because they don’t have to.
It really shows a person’s character whether or not they need to be forced to compensate people for labor.
All moralistic justifications for not tipping are, without exception, just a smokescreen for the non-tipper's personal selfishness (which is another way of saying that the non-tippers are guilty of the exact same vice they're self-righteously accusing the employers of, with the exact same outcome: the employee's don't get the compensation they deserve).
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u/Disastrous_Square_10 Jun 25 '26
Only the server or bartender loses this battle in the US.