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Rika_Furude posted...

Thats a good point.

however, if the argument is that we cant fuck over waiters in the interim then that cant really be done. Both methods hurt waiters.

there is the third option of outright banning the practice of tipping. Thats not going to happen

You see, I agree with you.

The ideal fix would be to legislatively fix the problem while continuing to tip in the interrim to disrupt as few servers lives as possible. This is ideal, but admittedly unlikely to the point of impossibility.

The second fix would be to full in stop patronizing establishments thar employ for tips. This will cost a lot of people their jobs, and generally suck for a lot of people until change happens, but change is at least likely because business owners will have their hands forced, because their bottom line is hurt.

The worst option is to just go out to eat and just not tipping. That will also result in a lot of people losing their livelihoods but accomplishes nothing because the business owner loses very little, while the server loses their livelihood and maybe their job (because, for the fifth time, it doesnt MATTER that wait staff are technically entitled to the federal minimum wage, if they are immediately fired for claiming it). And no amount of smug "just get another job" preening changes the fact that that is putting massive hardship on a class of people statistically among the least capable of dealing with it. All with a minimal promise of success because, again, the owners aren't hurt at all.

So, if the only two viable paths forward both require servers to shoulder undue hardship, I would advocate for the one that will actually hurt the businesses too, and put us on a faster track to success.

Unfortunately, that option is also unlikely, because a lot of people can't stand the idea of giving up their overpriced chicken tendies in the interrim.

And, of course, there's the big elephant in the room, which is that all of these paths forward require a united front, with a shitload of people all taking the same path, simultaneously, to send a clear message. And yhe realitybis that that is something we do not have, and are unlikely to have for the forseeable future. Until the time that changes, single, individual people just refusing to tip on their own are just being cheap-asses who don't care they're hurting an individual, not a company, and just want their hamburger, and make it snappy. And don't forget the pickles, little shits. And keep my drink filled. Sucks, but that's reality. Until there is an actual movement, a push with numbers and momentum, all we've got is small people hurting other small people, and pretending there's something moral or righteous to it.