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A tax on people-pleasing (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

the same server still doesn’t get tipped.

They may have more time or availability for someone who does tip, plus they aren’t wasting their labour on someone.

Oh, wow. Suddenly they're not being paid at all only because one person doesn't tip? How does that work?

Yeah, but I never claimed I was attempting to end tipping culture by wasting people’s time and effort.

Not tipping wastes nobody's time. That's not how time works. You did say "You aren’t ending tipping culture by not tipping, you’re just taking advantage of workers just as much as the owners" which I turned around on you, though. Also, what you said here is wrong because I don't exploit anybody's labour by not tipping since I'm not getting paid to eat out. You understand that.

Again, why not just support businesses that don’t rely on tipping to pay their staff?

Why didn't I think of that and not do it for the last 20 years? You really opened my eyes to the most obvious thing ever! I already don't perpetuate a system that exploits workers. Maybe you should too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Oh, wow. Suddenly they're not being paid at all only because one person doesn't tip? How does that work?

Lol, I'm guessing you've never worked in a restaurant before? If you are taking one of their tables and they are having to serve you, and you don't tip....they don't get money for that table and whatever time you used it for. If you hadn't taken up the table, they may have gotten a customer who wasn't an asshole.

Not tipping wastes nobody's time

It wastes the servers time, but you don't seem to think that matters.

which I turned around on you, though.

How, by being wrong?

I don't exploit anybody's labour by not tipping since I'm not getting paid to eat out. You understand that.

Tipping is wrong because it turns over the responsibility of labour expense to the customer. You, the customer are denying that labour expense and leaving the labourer unpaid for their labour. Meaning you are participating and taking advantage of their labour.

Why didn't I think of that and not do it for the last 20 years?

Lol, you are still participating in the tip culture if you give your business to places that rely on tipping, but don't tip. The owner still gets paid and doesn't give a shit if the server does or not.

And if you are saying you don't go to places that accept tips, then why are you even fucking talking to me? My whole point was that people who don't like tipping culture shouldn't go to places that accept tips.