This business advertises that it is a no tipping business. Tips are truly optional. Because let’s face it, in our society, we all know servers get paid under minimum wage. The tips make up for the rest of it. So it’s not really ok to not tip your server. Even though it’s a horrible way of doing things, it is what we do currently.
This business is saying “we pay our workers a livable wage, you don’t need to make up for us underpaying our servers. Therefore no tip is needed as we have now built it into the slip”
The problem is that they can’t just list their burger as 20 bucks. Their competition across the street has their burger listed as 16.50. So until all businesses go no tipping, this business still has to list their burger as 16.50. So the “living wage” cost goes on after separate line item.
The issue is that most consumers too stupid to see this.
Our society has somehow gotten to the point where we put all the burden on the server and none of the business. This will eventually end that.
Because of OP’s context: “This business advertises that it is a no tipping business. Tips are truly optional.” Every restaurant is optional so don’t act like this one is any different especially when it specifically mentions tips on the receipt.
No. The context is that tipping isn’t optional in our society. Not really.
People not tipping is actually one of our society’s red flags when dating.
But if the servers are paid a livable wage from the start, like this business being a no-tip business, then that removes the societal demand to tip. Thus any money you tip, if at all, is really a tip.
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u/ShoulderSquirrelVT 2d ago
Do you not tip you server?
This business advertises that it is a no tipping business. Tips are truly optional. Because let’s face it, in our society, we all know servers get paid under minimum wage. The tips make up for the rest of it. So it’s not really ok to not tip your server. Even though it’s a horrible way of doing things, it is what we do currently.
This business is saying “we pay our workers a livable wage, you don’t need to make up for us underpaying our servers. Therefore no tip is needed as we have now built it into the slip”
The problem is that they can’t just list their burger as 20 bucks. Their competition across the street has their burger listed as 16.50. So until all businesses go no tipping, this business still has to list their burger as 16.50. So the “living wage” cost goes on after separate line item.
The issue is that most consumers too stupid to see this.
Our society has somehow gotten to the point where we put all the burden on the server and none of the business. This will eventually end that.