Current Events > why do tip workers sign a contract with their employer but get upset at the

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customer for not paying what they think they are entitled to, as if the customer signed on to the same contract.

take it up with the boss or get another job.

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The contract is made in a legal system where policies are created against a certain social context that the customer is violating, assuming the server did a good job

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I generally only tip $2-5 at most.

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Signing a contract doesn't mean you have to like it.

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hey you're that dude who goes out of his way to stick his neck out for nazis and china right? why do you even come here? does anyone like you irl?

Because the customer is wrong.

Not as wrong as the employer - they should be run out of town on a rail and banished, and their property seized - but still wrong.

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Because theyre not allowed to opt out and demand minimum wage. Most people dont choose a restaurant as a first choice, so when you finally go in for the interview, youre pretty much going to cave to whatever policies theyve got.

Wonder if Covid will be the thing that kills the tipping culture in the USA.

Individual workers in the food industry have basically no leverage with which to negotiate the terms of the contracts they are offered.
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