• anticurrent
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    6 hours ago

    Just like groceries don’t include tax in the advertised price. the system is designed to screw us over.

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      4 hours ago

      Just like groceries don’t include tax in the advertised price.

      Nah, that’s just in America, because Americans are dumb. Tipping doesn’t exist here BTW, because it’s idiotic and why would we do that.

      (if Americans aren’t dumb, why did they vote for Trump twice?)

      (I finally found an upside to the Trump presidency!)

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        Tipping doesn’t exist here BTW, because it’s idiotic

        Idk where “here” is, but I’ve seen plenty of foreign countries’s restaurants adopting tipping, particularly at higher end establishments, as business owners realize they can just ask for extra and get it.

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        4 hours ago

        Almost 70 million people voted against him, myself included. We’re not a monolith. Also, only 11 states tax groceries.

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        3 hours ago

        Canadians do tip as well, and you can’t blame Trumpets for that 😁

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          Australians don’t tip, and Canadians are just Americans with a French accent.

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      5 hours ago

      It pits the well being of the customer against the well being of the server. It’s a pretty evil system. Pay everyone a living wage. Everybody deserves to live.

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      4 hours ago

      To be fair, no products sold (that I’m aware of) include tax on the sticker price, and here in TX groceries (unprepared food) are not subject to state sales tax.