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[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Not true. There's a restaraunt in my town (and not even a very large town!) that pays all staff the same (relatively decent) wage and splits any tips they do happen to get equally among all staff. Obviously people will still tip, because that's the culture here, but if you didn't tip it's not like the staff won't be paid at all.

Places like that are rare but they're out there, and the principled thing to do would be to spend your money with establishments that are doing their best to be part of the solution.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

But in those places you'd still be considered an asshole for not tipping, right?

[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I can't speak for those emoloyees, but since it seems like the pay structure seems designed to make tipping optional, I assume they're anti-mandatory-tipping there

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago

Something tells me they'd have the same opinion any other wait staff seems to have: they prefer tipping because they can earn a lot of money for unskilled labour with tips. It's the reason some people make a whole career being a server.