• Margot Robbie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If this backlash kills off tipping in America forever, good.

    Employers should be paying their employee a living wage anyways, instead of shifting the responsibility to the customers.

    • Distributed@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      In states that don’t still need to pay minimum wage, I get your point. The last two states that I’ve lived in, though, still require min wage (or higher, depending on some municipalities).

      Restaurants operate on notoriously small margins and are tough to make it as a mom and pop, a lot of the time.

      I’d rather tip, and have the assurance that money is going to the worker, than pay $30 for a burger and be told the employee is getting a cut.

      • Naryn@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Restaurants operate on notoriously small margins and are tough to make it as a mom and pop, a lot of the time.

        Then charge more for your food. If your business model is unsustainable without paying your staff, you shouldn’t be open.

  • KuroJ@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m American but lived in Japan for a couple of years. I was so shocked by the amazing customer service the Japanese workers gave me but never asked or expected a tip.

    I was so confused coming back here and seeing all of stores implementing an option to tip and I’m trying to figure out… for what? Most of the workers hardly acknowledge me when I’m there and it feels as if I’m bothering them coming to order something, and then they turn the iPad around asking for a tip.

    This honestly needs to stop.

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      1 year ago

      I was so shocked by the amazing customer service the Japanese workers gave me but never asked or expected a tip.

      That’s how the entire world works outside of NA.

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        1 year ago

        I always say it’s shocking what us Americans are accustomed to here in the US, and those that have never been outside of the country would never know these things. I also visited Australia for a bit and noticed no one asked or expected a tip as well.

        Glad I had the opportunity to see how other countries do things outside the US 🙂

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          1 year ago

          It’s becoming a bit more like that with service charges automatically added to bills in the UK, but only for restaurant meal, never for anything else.