Excerpt from the article:

Schenker says that after his years in the service industry, he has watched tipping evolve into a major part of his pay.

“If there is some means of tipping that’s available to you, that should signal to you that workers there aren’t being paid enough,” says Schenker. “Tipping is sort of an acknowledgment of that fact.”

To Schenker, customers who don’t tip are not understanding that businesses treat tips as a baked-in part of workers’ wages.

“They subsidize lower prices by paying employees less,” he says. “If you aren’t tipping, you are taking advantage of that labor.”

He was so close… Especially for someone who says himself does not make much money.

  • LemmyFeed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1472·
    1 year ago

    It’s crazy how some workers actually defend the tipping system and blame the consumer. They’re doing the work of their oppressors and can’t even realize it. The business isn’t subsidizing lower prices, they’re lining the pockets of their investors and telling the workers to get mad at the consumers.

    • Hextic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      57·
      1 year ago

      I find the ones that defend it are… Attractive. I’ve heard how some can make more in a weekend than I can in a 2 week period. None of em uggos.

      • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        24·
        1 year ago

        Or highly highly personable. But also usually both.

        I was a workhorse and could solo Saturday rush for a restaurant with an hour wait, but I’d have made way more if I could flirt and bs with people when it’s slow.

      • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        1 year ago

        Find me a job where I can make more than a full day of construction or contractor labor in 4-5hrs

        Spoiler alert - that job is tipped.

          • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
            15·
            1 year ago

            Sounds like you know some shitty wait staff. My daughter currently can top $130 in 4 hours at 18 in rural Ohio.

            There’s no general construction worker making 90k/year in Ohio.

              • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
                12·
                1 year ago

                That’s because you’re confusing construction and contractor work, which is different work.

                  • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    11·
                    1 year ago

                    $200+ per day as a server is not difficult. I regularly did that as far back as 2005.

                    Again you should at least speak to someone who makes a living this way before developing strong and incorrect opinions.

    • jerebear205@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      Yeah my part time job is tipped and I hate it. It’s a a scam for both the consumer and the worker. I just want a higher wage and not be at the whelm of ppl