In the USA - No, that will just make servers go hungry.
The fix is to change tax law. The reason tipping is so big a deal there is that tax law is FUCKED, servers are taxed as if they were tipped, regardless of whether or not they were. Literally no other country does this.
The fix is to raise the minimum wage. Servers are exempt from most minimum wage laws because the restaurant lobby has carved out that exemption, in the assumption that tips will make up the difference.
Tipped workers represent 5 million+ workers in the US. While yes, ending tipping is important, probably better ways like raising minimum wages and getting rid of ‘tipped wages’ would work to end tipping rather than just telling 5 million people they need to find different work.
But if you talk to the majority of tipped workers, they don’t want to change the system, which is likely a far larger hurdle compared to diner preferences.
I mean, it’s not fiction if we all want things to change. I don’t think I will stop tipping those who can’t afford to not be tipped, but you do you. I’d say the better solution for someone like yourself is to stop going to those places to begin with if you are that against ‘tipping’.
No one is forced to work picking fruit/mopping floors/trading their life in a mine, if the job can’t pay a living wage, don’t take it?
Can you explain what motivates people to work horrible, underpaid, poverty jobs? I’m confused because I thought people didn’t like working some jobs, were not paid enough to live working some jobs, and yet had to work them anyway or they would die. I was under the understanding that this has been going on for untold generations.
Why do they do this if they can just “don’t take” those jobs? Maybe you can fix this horrible situation we’ve all be confused about for centuries?🥰
In everywhere but USA, yes.
In the USA - No, that will just make servers go hungry.
The fix is to change tax law. The reason tipping is so big a deal there is that tax law is FUCKED, servers are taxed as if they were tipped, regardless of whether or not they were. Literally no other country does this.
The fix is to raise the minimum wage. Servers are exempt from most minimum wage laws because the restaurant lobby has carved out that exemption, in the assumption that tips will make up the difference.
Can’t speak for the “no other country” but Canada does this.
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Yeah I already said USA, you didn’t need to specify a subregion
It won’t make the server go hungry. It will force them to look for a different job.
So then nobody wants to serve anymore and restaurants will be forced to fix the broken system.
No tipping anywhere, especially in the US.
Tipped workers represent 5 million+ workers in the US. While yes, ending tipping is important, probably better ways like raising minimum wages and getting rid of ‘tipped wages’ would work to end tipping rather than just telling 5 million people they need to find different work.
But if you talk to the majority of tipped workers, they don’t want to change the system, which is likely a far larger hurdle compared to diner preferences.
Sure, that would be better for everyone. But it is also fiction that will never come true. So … back to stop tipping for me
I mean, it’s not fiction if we all want things to change. I don’t think I will stop tipping those who can’t afford to not be tipped, but you do you. I’d say the better solution for someone like yourself is to stop going to those places to begin with if you are that against ‘tipping’.
Ah, your superior morality matters more than their livelihood, smart!
Yes, finding a new job is notoriously incredibly easy, and homelessness rates are going down!
Oh wait, no, the exact opposite is true.
And what do they eat in the meantime?
Exposure, obviously
Servers are no longer taxed on their first $25k in tips.
That is the reason Tips won’t disappear.
If Tips were taxed like any other income then there would be less demand and more likely to be included in the wage…
No one is forced to work as a server. If the job can’t pay a living wage, don’t take it.
Wow! It’s just that easy? You’re going to solve all the world’s problems!
No one is forced to work picking fruit/mopping floors/trading their life in a mine, if the job can’t pay a living wage, don’t take it?
Can you explain what motivates people to work horrible, underpaid, poverty jobs? I’m confused because I thought people didn’t like working some jobs, were not paid enough to live working some jobs, and yet had to work them anyway or they would die. I was under the understanding that this has been going on for untold generations.
Why do they do this if they can just “don’t take” those jobs? Maybe you can fix this horrible situation we’ve all be confused about for centuries?🥰