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Originally Posted by Sliver
I get not liking tipping, but it's the culture we live in. You normally tip 0-10%? That's embarrassingly low if you're at a restaurant relying on the service of a waiter or waitress. They need to make more than that on average to earn enough to afford a basic life. I guess I'm picking up your slack. Thanks.
I don't know how we get out of this tipping culture we've boxed ourselves into, but I do know what doesn't work, which is withholding money from 20-year-old young men and women just trying to get by.
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Your post is an argument to increase minimum wage, not an argument in favour of tipping.
Tipping should be illegal, it's laughable that I'm expected to pay 15% of my total bill to the person who carried my food the last 20 feet. If I could, I'd tip the temporary foreign worker who harvested the lettuce.
The real solution is to increase minimum wage to be $25/hour.