What a terrible pandering article. It essentially brings up 3 points:
Employees don’t make enough without tips: If employees are having to rely on the kindness of customers for a living wage then they should be angry at their bosses, not the customers. If businesses don’t make enough to pay their employees a living wage then they should raise their prices. If raising their prices means customers stop coming in then they don’t have a sustainable business model.
Reminds people that their is a tipped hourly wage that is $2.13: Apparently this category of worker is twice as likely to be in poverty so we should just tip to subsidize? How about we abolish that law? Fuck the government for continuing to subsidize shitty business practices by allowing a law to exist that statistically shows a 100% increase in the likelihood a citizen will be in poverty. Also this argument is already immediately moot for a majority of states which either don’t allow tipped wages or already tie tipped wages to minimum wage so that you can’t be paid less than your states minimum wage. Honestly this argument is so stupid it reminds me of people who say they can’t earn more money because they’ll make less money because they don’t understand progressive tax brackets. What a shallow analysis by NPR.
“You hurt my feelings when you don’t tip like you don’t value my labor”: Fuck you. Your boss doesn’t value your labor. My job as a customer isn’t to pay you for doing your job. I obviously value your labor because I’m buying stuff at the store that you work at. Your boss doesn’t value your labor. It’s just easier for you to bully and guilt customers into paying your wage rather than demand your rightful value from your employer.
this argument is already immediately moot for a majority of states which either don’t allow tipped wages or already tie tipped wages to minimum wage so that you can’t be paid less than your states minimum wage
This is a federal law. In no state can you make less than $7.25/hr at a tipped job. If tipped wage plus tips doesn’t make that, the employer must make up the difference.
At least that’s the law. I’m sure some shitty employers don’t follow it. We should get rid of the whole “tipped wage” thing entirely and pay everyone a living wage.
Fuck me, I just converted the minimum wage in France, which is considered quite low, into dollars
$12.65 :(
Considering the horrific rent prices, food prices and basic utilities like internet, $7.25 is slave wages
In fairness 29 US states or territories have minimum wage higher that that federal minimum of $7.25/hour
Still nearly every state’s minimum wage is still too low.
Tbh, I’ve got tipping rage. I breeze past the tip screen, and even this article that’s sympathetic to tipping culture won’t change my mindset. I’m being asked to tip for things that never asked for one before the pandemic, all while the prices of the goods have gone up. I’m already paying more for the food/goods. How dare you ask for more? I’m tired of being fleeced for even more money. If you didn’t do anything beyond your job to prepare my order, and you’re not actively waiting on me at a sit down restaurant, then I pay the cost of the good. If your employer isn’t paying you enough, take it up with them.
Corporate profits are hitting record highs but yet we, the customer, are expected to prop up wages? Nah, I’m with this guy.
