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MatzoTov posted...

No one (aside from the corpos/people running the show/abusing tips to avoid paying fair wages) is against the abolishing of tipping.

Add the workers to that list.

The common misconception that is promoted is that tipped workers make less than minimum wage (a sub minimum wage), which is only partially true.

When a workers tips do not meet minimum wage (after their sub wage and tips are accrued), the company is legally bound to make up the difference. If any company is not making up the difference, they are breaking the law. There seems to be this common misconception that companies can legally pay staff a sub minimum even when tips are short and companies have even have gone far as to convince many this misconception. To the point of brainwashing just how much it's not their fault their staff isn't paid enough.

Companies like the system because it saves them money on payroll. Companies usually don't have to worry about tips being short, which would trigger them having to pay the minimum wage rate instead of the sub minimum wage. Also fun fact, some establishments take a cut of the tips for the company instead if the workers. Ya, those kiosk that ask for tips, all of that isn't going to the workers in many establishments.

Many workers favor tipping culture too because many in the industry thanks to the tip system make way more than minimum wage. Instead of making something like 15+/hour thanks to tips, they would go down to the state/federal minimum wage rate, minus tips.