Excerpt from the article:

Schenker says that after his years in the service industry, he has watched tipping evolve into a major part of his pay.

“If there is some means of tipping that’s available to you, that should signal to you that workers there aren’t being paid enough,” says Schenker. “Tipping is sort of an acknowledgment of that fact.”

To Schenker, customers who don’t tip are not understanding that businesses treat tips as a baked-in part of workers’ wages.

“They subsidize lower prices by paying employees less,” he says. “If you aren’t tipping, you are taking advantage of that labor.”

He was so close… Especially for someone who says himself does not make much money.

  • DrTautology@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Not only is this untrue, but it is disingenuous. I suggest you do more research about tipping and service wages in general.

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      1 year ago

      It is absolutely true and I worked as a server for a decade, and still have friends working tipped jobs.