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What the heck does tipping have to do with slavery?
It originated from the emancipation of slaves, where restaurant owners didn't want to suddenly pay slaves, and so the onus went onto the customers. There are articles on the internet. Just type in "tipping slavery" in google. The Time magazine's article should come up on the first page.
These are different.
Like wtf?! US is weird.
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Srsly. Is this actually a problem for anyone?
It is a problem because not tipping is seen as a massive faux pas in the US, and it is very possible to get publicly shamed for hitting the no tip button even if, like the article says, you are being handed a ready-to-go item.
From the article: > In Connecticut, Mr. Dimyan, who says he feels his $3 coffee is pricey enough as it is, vented about the electronic tip prompts in a Twitter post earlier this month. > Square replied from its official Twitter account: “Tap `No Tip.’” Or.... Pay cash for a $3.00 item?
> Pay cash for a $3.00 item? Do HNers still use cash? It's been years since I carried a wallet that has a slot for cash.
Yes. And not even for the ultra-privacy-minded people.
I use cash for bodegas (small corner stores in NYC) because they have card minimums I don't want to hit.
Also tipping a bartender for popping a cap off my beer or pulling a lever on a tap...
Also tipping in a full service restaurant is equally fucking weird. Like why am I paying you a percentage of the food I order, why don't I just pay you (how good a job you did) * (how long I sat at your table).
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>It does deprive the server of a living wage. Then maybe the server should tell the customer how much they need to be tipped? "Welcome to AppleBees. My name is Trevor and I need an additional $24.89 in tips today so that my employer isn't obligated to pay me the minimum wage for this state." Also, should I be under-tipping waitstaff that I think are rich enough?
Employers have to make up the difference if tipped employees don't make enough tips to meet the minimum wage. However, minimum wage is often not a living wage.
If anyone here has been to Japan, tipping is handled much more elegantly and with a lot more business integrity. Instead of guilt-tripping customers into tipping, businesses in Japan up their prices if they need more money. I remember once when I was in Osaka I was at a really good sushi place that I had visited several times prior. There was no tip option on the receipt (didn't see it anywhere in Japan) and there wa…
a lot of states have a lower minimum wage for tipped employees. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipped_wage
No guilt. No tip. Never. If they want more than the listed price they should raise the listed price. Social customs/expectations/guilt/whatever be damned. I never tip. Never have, never will.
The people you hurt by not tipping aren't the people who set the prices.
But I would just change the law: set a normal minimum wage and advertise tax included prices. And probably nudge as much as possible against the tip (I don't think it's bad enough that we need to make it a crime), but IMF has a dim view on the tip, it encourages corruption in all society.