• Jakeroxs
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    9 months ago

    So you’ve been a server and are aware of the uneven pay and the fact that if you don’t get good enough tips you’re making a starvation wage of minimum wage, and yet you still decide “fuck those people who are being exploited by restaurant owners because I don’t agree with tipping.” That’s heartless

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      9 months ago

      Yes, because I’m against the inconsistent pay I experienced and want it to end so others do not experience the same.

      Heartless is continuing to encourage such a system.

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        9 months ago

        You not tipping isn’t going to result in any fundamental change in the system, you’re just stiffing the people who are being exploited.

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          9 months ago

          Me not tipping probably the most meaningfully personal action I can take to help to bring a change to the system, namely ending tipping.

          It’s certainly more effective than continued tipping is at trying to end tipping.

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            9 months ago

            You could simply not eat at places that don’t pay their staff a living wage, because as it is, you’re still paying the company to continue their shitty practices.