Saying that the service staff have a feeling of entitlement gives off the biggest dickhead energy I’ve seen in my life.
“Oh those uppity servers with their cushy food service jobs think they deserve a tip, they only made it through a plague because they were deemed essential they didn’t do much”
It’s not the service people that’s the problem, it’s a combination of the people not paying a living wage for these jobs and a bunch of other industries getting in on tipping culture to pad their wallets.
Unless the person owns the business that server or cashier doesn’t even have a day in whether the POS has a tipping screen or not.
AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You should honestly stop going out at all, the person who is broken post covid is you. You’re taking it out on random wait staff you are choosing to patronize. Make your food yourself, drink your drinks at home, then the only person you’re making miserable is the person in the mirror.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You left out the part that is actually being tipped for, bringing the food to you. The chefs are salary.
People should be able to go out and buy thenfood at the prices listed.
AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Agreed, the entire system of tipping the American way should be fucking illegal. Wait staff should earn a living wage. I think it’s way more complicated than that, and you see pushback from the owners and the servers, and any movements to change it haven’t had enough backing socially to change anything.
But that’s kinda how it works, you choose to engage with it by going to an establishment with enployees that rely on tips. I mean hell, most of the time if you have a bad experience it’s due to something the waiter can’t control. Kitchen issues, staffing levels, poorly handled rushes. Being gleeful about how little you tip because of how things have changed… just don’t go out. Avoid having a shitty experience and being a shitty experience for someone else.
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 7 months ago
Note that a lot of places tips don't go directtly tto wait stuff, it is being shared to subsidize salaries of everyone
Squizzy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Pretty sure the boss cant take tips legally speaking. Tax the income, let the business survive based on its ability to cover its costs.
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 7 months ago
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AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 7 months ago
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