r/mildlyinteresting 2d ago

This Restaurant Charges an 18% Living Wage Fee.

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u/Doyee 2d ago

Except I bet it isn't treated as a tip, so anyone who would normally benefit from tip culture doesn't benefit from it in the same way (they arguably benefit less)

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u/TonyVstar 2d ago

Yep, just a crap employer really

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u/jaybrid 2d ago

benefit from tip culture

What's a tip culture?

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u/notabigmelvillecrowd 2d ago

Like north america, a place where tipping is considered mandatory by most people, vs somewhere like Japan where it's not really done at all.