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Gen Z be like “IF YOU CANT TIP DON’T EAT OUT” and then shoplift
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Tweet from “spooky Space” with the handle @2kspaced
Gen Z be like “IF YOU CANT TIP DON’T EAT OUT” and then shoplift
Shoplifting is a statistically calculated loss that companies adjust their prices to accommodate. Not tipping punishes your server for working (they have to give a percentage of your bill back to the restaurant because whether or not you tip the server, the bartender and chefs get paid from the server). One is literally a victimless crime and the other victimizes a working poor person.
im not sure if I would say its a victimless crime but I came to say something similar. its kinda similar to stealing in relation to wealth. Its funny because it came into a meatspace convo I had where two people were being compared in stealing behavior but one is doing decently and the other is in a fucked situation and to me there is more of a moral onus on the person that can afford what they are stealing compared to one who can’t.
You say all that as if that is the only possible system. I can understand creating a system where tips are pooled for distribution to everyone who has no supervisory duties. But a system where a tip is assumed so that there is a possibility of actual financial loss should be illegal.
I bet if we could organize a widespread “tip strike,” the system, including legislation, would rapidly change in ways that make tipping unnecessary.