Comment on Why do i tip my bartender $2 per drink and per bar food order but 20% when I order food from a waitress? Am I tipping wrong?

• FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  If they “deserve” more they’d get more. I’m not sure why so many Americans think that wait staff should be paid more - it’s pretty much the most unqualified job in the world that pretty much anyone can do.

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  • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You are a free market maxi and this aint a free market. Chamber of commercie spends good money to lobby to suppress wages among other parasite.

    This take is ignores this fact. why?

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  • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    it’s pretty much the most unqualified job in the world that pretty much anyone can do.

    How many years have you worked as a server that allowed you to make this assessment?

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    • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You’re not seriously going to argue that a job that requires no qualifications or skills and is regularly done by children is a difficult job, are you? I worked at mcdonalds back in the day during high school and uni, spent my fair share of time on the counter taking peoples orders. It’s not hard, which is why like I said, it’s a standard job for people with zero qualifications and who just need some money to keep them afloat.

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      • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        That’s not a tipped job. Literally a job that forbids tips.

        You are equating working fast food with the job a server performs.

        I don’t know why or how and do not see that changing, potentially ever. You do not display any signs of the prerequisite intellectual curiosity to change your uninformed opinion on the matter.

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• ApollosArrow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I agree tipping should go away, but I’m wondering how those economics would work out? Most food places barely break even, I can’t see anyone being able to pay their servers more, so they would still pass that onto the customers.

  Add to this that people aren’t really smart. I remember some time ago, some places testing out paying their waiters, plus showing how much food would be with tax included with no surprised. People preferred paying more with tipping, the big price sticker drove business away.

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  • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Each item on the menu should be priced all in, including the tax.

    The market will sort out the rest. If place can't get enough business while paying a living wage, they should go out of business so somebody else can come in who can make it work. Econ 101. Food and bars are 100% discretionary spend.

    Whatever is happening now is no benefiting anyone besides owners and some some high earning waiters/bar tenders.

    These clowns got brazen post COVID, so we are due for a push back.

    Most food places barely break even,

    A lot of them fail but the profitable ones are profitable. Owners just don't want you know that because.... you would ask why they don't pay better.

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