StrikerA new trend in tipping emerges
yuunikkiTipping is dumb af anyways. Why is it my job to make up the remaining of their salary when businesses easily could just pay them more but don’t because they know the customers will just do it for them
Tipping seems to be a cultural thing in the States.
Here in the UK we take the Mr. Pink approach to tipping.
It used to be quite the opposite. Tipping was big in Europe but not in the US.
That changed with Prohibition. When alcohol was banned, there was suddenly a large whole in the bottom line of restaurants across the US. They turned to having a tipped staff to stay open.
Sadly, when it was repealed, tipping stayed. It was since inflated from 10% to 15% to now over 20%.
Some have tried to get rid of it, but sadly it hasn’t worked.
phillaholicIt dates back further than that. It was a great way to not pay recently freed slaves as much as white people during the Jim Crow south.