Consumers say they're pulling back on tipping servers, drivers and hair stylists

https://lemmy.world/post/16273386

Gotta love corpo news.

have made some people stingier

They’re no longer appreciating service industry workers

Shut the fuck up and pay them a living wage you animals. Don’t try and continue pitting individuals against each other. “Blame the consumer for everything” is so played out at this point.

The reality is that these jobs rely on tips. If they were to “pay them a living wage” then the cost of the service would just go up.

Don’t get me wrong, I want tipping to go away, and it’s gotten absurd where people are asking for tips now. But it’s absolutely stingy to not tip in these places where traditionally they would be tipped. If you don’t want to tip, don’t buy their services. It should be a recognized part of the cost: you just think it should be made official, some think it should be based on the quality of service they received.

The cost would not increase. That is not how supply and demand works.

It is extremely unlikely this has not been explained to you before.

Why the No-Tipping Restaurant Model Failed

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It’s just perception. It’s the some bullshit logic why sale taxes are not included in the price and calculated at purchase… makes the product seem cheaper than it actually is.
I agree. Right now with tipping the true cost is obscured. If you take away tipping, the services would just charge more.