Comment on Tipping culture npcs

• Rediphile@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You guessed wrong. I have a strong opinion against tipping specifically because of working in restaurants including as a server.

  I did not like the inconsistent pay and would have preferred consistent pay. I’m sorry if that doesn’t align with your worldview.

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  • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As a back of house worker, nothing was more disheartening then hearing all the servers go “I only made $200 in tips today in three hours” and being like “I only made $40 because I worked three hours.”

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    • Rediphile@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yep, having worked both sides is probably part of why I see tipping as so silly.

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  • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So you’ve been a server and are aware of the uneven pay and the fact that if you don’t get good enough tips you’re making a starvation wage of minimum wage, and yet you still decide “fuck those people who are being exploited by restaurant owners because I don’t agree with tipping.” That’s heartless

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    • Rediphile@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, because I’m against the inconsistent pay I experienced and want it to end so others do not experience the same.

      Heartless is continuing to encourage such a system.

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      • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You not tipping isn’t going to result in any fundamental change in the system, you’re just stiffing the people who are being exploited.

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• ECB@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Or they could have been kitchen-staff. They are one of the biggest victims of tipping culture.

  Essentially chefs are generally paid much, much less than wait-staff and it is very difficult to correct this balance. The reason is that in a normal business you would raise prices to afford to pay higher salaries, but since tips are percentage based this also raises the wages of wait-staff. This becomes a bigger and bigger issue the higher the tipping percentage goes. Restaurant margins tend to be razor thin as well, so raising prices would be the only way to raise kitchen-staff wages.

  It’s one reason why many restaurants are struggling to find kitchen-staff, because even highly trained chefs can make 2-3 times as much working front-of-house. There are quite a few restaurants which are trying to fix this by banning tips, but it’s difficult due to resistance from customers and wait-staff.

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  • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Chain restaurant margins are not razor thin, to give an example, Olive Garden spaghetti costs about 30 cents total per bowl and is sold for $10.

    I do not believe at all that the resistance is from customers or wait staff and everything to do with big restaurant chains refusing to pay a living wage, which also goes for kitchen staff who are also generally underpaid. Why pay your staff well if you can put the blame on the customers if they don’t tip?

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