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In LA, tipped workers (i.e., waiters) now make more before tips than I did 10 years ago as a public defender, for substantially less work. Literally all they do is write down an order and carry food to the table. And tips, by law, cannot be shared with the kitchen staff that does the real work.
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Sorry, but if I’m standing in line to order food at a counter I’m not tipping
I was at a French bakery in Portsmouth NH this summer and I felt compelled to tip for a jar of mustard I purchased at a counter. I think this was my turning point on tipping.
In LA, tipped workers (i.e., waiters) now make more before tips than I did 10 years ago as a public defender, for substantially less work. Literally all they do is write down an order and carry food to the table. And tips, by law, cannot be shared with the kitchen staff that does the real work.
The most illogical part of this is that tips already account for inflation because... They're a percentage! But the vast majority of people can't understand math so fall for the argument of tips needing to increase to help match inflation.
Also since cost of living is getting higher and higher one could assume less people eat out. And then, since it is a percentage, servers loose out on tip
Its not reasonable that owners raise prices when there is less guests.
Neither is them raising pay when business is down.
Hence the least unreasonable option for workers is asking for more tip from guests. Since they spend money eating out it's fair to assume they can afford it and therfore might afford to pay more tip.
In LA, tipped workers (i.e., waiters) now make more before tips than I did 10 years ago as a public defender, for substantially less work. Literally all they do is write down an order and carry food to the table. And tips, by law, cannot be shared with the kitchen staff that does the real work.
Believe it or not, but things cost more than they did 10 years ago.
Things are not 100% more expensive now than they were a decade ago.
In LA, tipped workers (i.e., waiters) now make more before tips than I did 10 years ago as a public defender, for substantially less work. Literally all they do is write down an order and carry food to the table. And tips, by law, cannot be shared with the kitchen staff that does the real work.
This mentality is the reason wages are stagnant, some boomer uncle is thinking rent is still $800 and mortgages are 350k.Meanwhile they are sitting in their pre 1996 home with cars and all the shit they need. Probably same people go to city hall meetings to ban the latest affordable housing project because it ruins their view.
I simply don't think that the least hard-working part of the restaurant should get paid the best and complain about how much they're getting paid considering how little they actually work.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was at a French bakery in Portsmouth NH this summer and I felt compelled to tip for a jar of mustard I purchased at a counter. I think this was my turning point on tipping.
What made you feel compelled?