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restaurants are fighting back

Unless it's by raising their prices by 15-20% and paying their employees a living wage, it ain't gonna work. Tipping is moronic.

It's not my fucking job to make sure your workers are paid appropriately. I came here for a fucking steak and some freedom fries. I paid for my fucking food and I just want to eat it in peace. Stop turning your problems into my problems.

I wish this exposed tipping culture for what it is, but America is so deep in capitalism that you'll hear more complaints against this.

What did you expect? They come from non tipping cultures. Where wait staff make livable wages. Not their fault we are incapable of paying people enough to live.

The cash registers are ringing, the beer is flowing and the tables are full.

So there is money to pay staff, right?

Fuck american tipping culture… Pay your staff fair…

Should we pay an actual wage?

NO! ITS EVERYONE ELSE WHO ARE WRONG!

Oh what ever shall we do? The cash registers are bursting with cash due to the influx of visitors... but they're not tipping the servers.

I see absolutely no way that employers could make the situation fairer for servers, even if it were only for the duration of the event.

Gosh, if only there were some way!

#PAY YOUR FUCKING STAFF

America once again showing the world what a dystopian shit show it is. People are travelling to what they think is a developed country and so rightly assume all workers are paid a decent wage. Certainly European visitors would assume that. Highlights once again the need for a minimum wage and union support for workers.

Fighting back against what? Pay your employees.

How is adding a required 20% gratuity to a bill at a restaurant not false advertising? The restaurant advertises the food costs X dollars, then you get your bill and it's now 20% higher?

Protecting the waiters and barkeepers from what? If they just had normal minimum wage rules, and service was included in the price, they would not need "protection" from a self-inflicted problem.

Pay wages wtf. Usa sucks so hard

No one should tip anyone. Tipping supports wage theft. If no one tipped, business models that depend on tipping would find no one to hire, so they'd be forced out of business, or need to start paying something closer to a living wage. Yes, this would happen on the backs of those currently working such jobs, but if nothing ever changes, then nothing ever changes.

Supporters say the move is intended to protect American servers

Protecting the servers from the customers!!This is a joke, right? If you really wanted to protect American servers you pay them respectable wages.

I visited the US 3 years ago and tipping was a bloody pain in the bum. It added probably 20min to our meal as the waiters took a while to get change. Further, asking every 15 minutes how our meal was going was quite exhausting; mainly because we knew it was performative for more tips. We tipped 20% each time but it's really, really frustrating not knowing the price up front.

Back home, I'm used to paying up front and then leaving as soon as we're done. Waiters leave you alone, unless you're a regular, and ask you how the meal was at the till if you pay after.

Just auto include a 20% tip in every purchase, include that in the price, and don't leave an option for tips. Done. Problem solved.

It's not "culture" it's unfettered capitalism. Make your staff beg your customers for their wage instead of paying it yourself, great for bosses.

Welcome to America, where we subsidize poverty level wages by adding 20-30% to your bill!

Tipping does not lead to better service. Arguably worse, They want you out asap to get the next tipper in the seat.

Also, can't see why someone should pay a waiter more for bringing 5 steaks an 5 champagnes instead of 5 burgers and 5 soda's. Kind of the same job and effort.

Didn't know this was a hot take but America hasn't provided tip worthy service for decades.

I would even wager that Gen Z and A would be blown away to see the level of service quality something like the boomer generation experienced.

Yea, because tipping is intended to be optional.

The mere fact of trying to pressure or force the tipping will make sure I regard the service as not tip worthy.

Fck the NY Post! It is a tRumpian rag not worthy of fishwrap.

They should try to change this terrible custom

Greetings from Europe, we're not baffled. We just don't play your game. Start paying your workers properly.

"European restaurants pay staff like any other profession and workers don’t rely on tips, so customers assume they’ve already paid for service".

Europeans are right on this one. The more years go by, the more I find tipping to be ridiculous. Tell me upfront what you expect, then I'll choose where to eat. Managers must adapt to customers, not us do their paying practice.

Imagine the price being.. You know.. The price...

Oh right cause they come from civilized countries where people actually get payed. I get both sides but the system is the enemy, not the people.

The cash registers are ringing, the beer is flowing and the tables are full.

I live in KC. The restaurants are not full. I’ve seen article after article about how lodging reservations were low before the tournament and now that it’s started, no one is filling restaurants.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article316182333.html

Maybe if the US paid a decent minimum wage...

I think that most folk from outside america have a better wage structure than the old usa and tipping culture isn't a thing with them. I could be wrong though...greed and "business" transcend borders.

We come from nations where staff get paid at least the minimum wage and don't rely on tips to make it up to that.

I'll never understand why the "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" people see it as everybody else's responsibility to cushion the inumerable blows from their abusive relationships with their employers.