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‘Pure greed:’ Etiquette expert explains why tipping has gotten out of control (www.clickorlando.com)

submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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Perhaps you’ve noticed. We have reached a tipping point in the country over tipping.

To tip or not to tip has led to Shakespearean soliloquies by customers explaining why they refuse to tip for certain things.

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, customers were grateful for those who seemingly risked their safety so we could get groceries, order dinner or anything that made our lives feel normal. A nice tip was the least we could do to show gratitude.

But now that we are out about and back to normal, the custom of tipping for just about everything has somehow remained; and customers are upset.

A new study from Pew Research shows most American adults say tipping is expected in more places than it was five years ago, and there’s no real consensus about how tipping should work.

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[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What is the math you're referring to? If you wouldn't mind re-explaing your point? Full disclosure, I responded to the last comment while very drunk and I don't recall the crux of the discussion. However, passing the cost of the raises onto the consumer is still greed in my opinion. Also wasn't this thread originally about tipping? How'd we get to automakers? Do we have to tip factory workers now? I haven't bought a car in a while.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

All costs of raises are always passed onto the consumer. All business costs are.

You asked for math on how employee pay cannot be cannibalized from internal budgets, so I linked you a very in-the-spotlight example with clear math attached.

Is it your belief that restaurants would somehow be fundamentally different in terms of how labor costs work?

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I appreciate the sum up. I think that workers for the restaurant shouldn't have to beg the public to make a living wage and wages should be covered by the employer. If they company can't afford to give their employees a living wage while the CEO is buying multiple homes and yachts, then it's a moral failure on the company and the government that allows that to happen. It's wrong that costs are always passed onto the customers, but those dragons need their hoards to sleep on it seems.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nothing you state here applies to the discussion at hand.

Also rich people aren't rich because they hoard money. The exact opposite is true. Most wealth is in stock.

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

The discussion about tipping? How is my comment not relevant?