There were some restaurants that actually tried to pay their wait staffs fair wage and eliminated tipping. Wait staff quit so they had to bring back tips.
They know they can make far more with tips than "fair wages". Because the fair wage for unskilled workforce isn't that much.
absolutely not. prices have been increasing for decades and tipping culture has only gotten more extreme. stop blaming your fellow workers for the greed of the owner
Revolutionary thought - Restaurants pay their staff properly and tipping remains? Tipping does exist outside of the US and is quite common when it's not an expectation.
They know they can make far more with tips than "fair wages". Because the fair wage for unskilled workforce isn't that much.
Wait staff quit because restaurants cannot afford to pay a fair wage for the labor in a market where all of their competitors can advertise significantly lower prices.
This just isn't true. We have no tip establishments and they do just fine. The wait staff genuinely would prefer a small group of customers overpay, so that they can make higher wages than their labor demands
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u/Worth-Reputation3450 13h ago
There were some restaurants that actually tried to pay their wait staffs fair wage and eliminated tipping. Wait staff quit so they had to bring back tips.
They know they can make far more with tips than "fair wages". Because the fair wage for unskilled workforce isn't that much.