Because that’s just how much it costs to go out to eat now. No one can afford it. Where have you been?
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hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
If you can’t afford the tip, why are you paying $70 for a meal?
RagingRobot@lemmy.world 9 months ago
hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
Again, if it’s too expensive to afford, why are you doing it?
RagingRobot@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I didn’t know eating was a luxury sorry
hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
It’s not, but eating at a restaurant is.
Nevoic@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Humans aren’t perfectly rational consumers, capable of always depriving themselves of joy in the name of fiscal responsibility.
I imagine the crux of your argument rests on the idea that eating out for $70 or $90 are two identical things, when in fact they are not. If you do it 10 times a year, it’s a $200 difference.
The reason that difference exists is to satisfy the desire the owning class has to not pay workers enough to survive. If they did, the capitalists would have less money, you would have more money, and the waiter would have the same amount of money.
That’s better. Not perfectly ideal, but better than now.
hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
I don’t expect people to be rational, I know they aren’t. The point is that it’s better to not eat out than to screw over a person who may not be able to afford to eat in the restaurant you’re eating in. You are asking someone to work for you for starvation wages and then complaining that they’re upset that you’re not filling in the rest of the wages.
Yeah, the owning class is to blame, so stop giving them money.
PeroBasta@lemmy.world 9 months ago
So let’s say you go buy a car, do you leave a coupple thousands more for good measure?
hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
Car sales people are paid on commission. If servers were paid on commission then your argument would make sense.
PeroBasta@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Tipping then should be a fix amount. Is not like if i pay 15$ for a pasta or 50$ for a stake there is a differenze in service.
Once it’s a fix amount, they could… Drumrolls… Include it in the menu prices!
Anyway i know is not your fault and it’s the american system that is cheating but you can vote with your wallet
hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
Tipping shouldn’t exist because people should be paid a living wage.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 8 months ago
So his argument makes sense.