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RyukSan posted...

Because companies would rather keep up the propaganda that it's the consumers moral responsibility to pay Ubers/resteraunts staff an acceptable wage or its you the consumer, and not the rich companies, that's the asshole. The moral obligation angle, which does work on some.

Literally no one said the companies aren't assholes. They absolutely are. What you and everyone else who argue against tipping (while it's the standard) keep ignoring is that if the companies bumped up their employees direct wages, they would just pass that expense (and then some) on to the customer anyway, while keeping a cut for themselves. The end result would be the customer being charged more than if they just tacked on a 15-20% tip, while the server/driver/bartender winds up making less. Literally no one but the rich asshole companies wins in that scenario.