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.
GhostalmediaIt stopped being a cultural thing decades ago. Now it’s about about companies not paying employees a living wage and America’s right wing constantly blocking legislation that would force employers to pay people enough to have shelter and food.
entropicdrift~It actually started as an economic thing too, because businesses during the great depression weren’t able to consistently pay living wages.~
Edit: I was wrong, see below
nocturne213It started much earlier than that and has roots in racism. time.com/…/history-tipping-american-restaurants-c…
After the Constitution was amended in the wake of the Civil War, slavery was ended as an institution but those who were freed from bondage were still limited in their choices. Many who did not end up sharecropping worked in menial positions, such as servants, waiters, barbers and railroad porters. These were pretty much the only occupations available to them. For restaurant workers and railroad porters, there was a catch: many employers would not actually pay these workers, under the condition that guests would offer a small tip instead.
TIL, thanks!