Tipped wage shouldn't be a thing at all.
this post was submitted on 10 Apr 2025
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Neither should tipping. People should just be able to work a job and get paid.
Yeah. It's one thing when people leave some extra money for good service or tell the server to keep the change, all while knowing that none of this is necessary.
It's another when a 15%+ surcharge is added to the total so that the server can afford to live.
From what I see online, they're expecting something more akin to 25 or 30 % nowadays.
Or when the digital tip button starts at 25%, it just sounds like hidden fees.
Or how about get rid of the fucking awful tipping culture that everyone else abandoned because it's fucking stupid?
IMO the pandemic showed us we need to improve our social safety net (unemployment benefits) and get all workers contributing (taxed wages). We heard all about the "gig economy" and the US government threw money at everyone and everything driving up government defecits and inflation. Caveat: not an economist
Tipped workers don’t want to get rid of tipped wages.
They would in point five seconds if you gave them healthy hourly wages, and real worker benefits.
Don't worry. Trump is gonna remove taxes on tips. That's like, so much money! /s
Also, it's a terrible idea.
Get rid of tipping. Easy solution.
Tipping is fine if you found something up to show your appreciation.
Else it's not a tip but wages and the employer should pay those.
It's generally known and well understood that bribery is a method one can use to show their appreciation.
People take issue with the inevitable structural shortcomings that are inherent to its function. No one cares about the specific vessel of action that was used.
When people talk about a general strike I honestly feel that the most impactful strikers would be those that serve in high end restaurants or serve/deliver the food of the ultra wealthy.
The world doesn’t have enough sectoral bargaining
Adjusted for inflation that would be... $4.99 today...
Luxury!
We're trying to travel back to the 30s to correct this mistake. I'm sure it'll work.
The 30s of which century, though?
30 BC duh! O_o
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ They all suck compared to now.
Abolish the wage system.
It sure is. That's why we elected democrats in 2020.
Should be higher.
Did Sanders write this headline?