Thats fair, I didn’t go that far down to verify the funding, in my source it only said it was conducted by Lloyd Corder, an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
I can accept that the industry shapes the narrative, and pointing out who funded this one is doing exactly that.
But it was only one of many, and I will die on this hill: everyone I know does not want to stop making 40 - 50 dollars an hour, and they KNOW that will happen. They worry they will work longer with worse shifts.
Every single restaurant that has tried this in cities I visit has failed. The good servers and bartenders go where the money is.
Personally, yes tipping needs to go away, but everytime I see it tried, it fails.
And I believe the overall quality of life would be better without tips (health care, security, etc) and I don’t want them. Hopefully we do get to that point.
The one thing I keep thinking that would have to change for the US: universal health care and paid time off.
Security would make the workers better off. But good luck getting that.
Here’s the wild part, I’m fully in favour of having tips, but not as an alternative to the company that owns the bar or restaurant paying the staff a legally mandated livable minimum wage, I want tips to be a sign of a happy customer and for the server working to be able to put their whole ass into earning those tips, without worrying that some kyle or karen in a bad mood means that they earn less that day.
100% with you on nationally funded healthcare (I have no idea how americans deal with paying ludicrous taxes then being charged for a hospital visit, then having their medication denied by an insurance company that has no medical knowledge.)
Thats fair, I didn’t go that far down to verify the funding, in my source it only said it was conducted by Lloyd Corder, an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
I can accept that the industry shapes the narrative, and pointing out who funded this one is doing exactly that.
But it was only one of many, and I will die on this hill: everyone I know does not want to stop making 40 - 50 dollars an hour, and they KNOW that will happen. They worry they will work longer with worse shifts.
Every single restaurant that has tried this in cities I visit has failed. The good servers and bartenders go where the money is.
Personally, yes tipping needs to go away, but everytime I see it tried, it fails.
And I believe the overall quality of life would be better without tips (health care, security, etc) and I don’t want them. Hopefully we do get to that point.
The one thing I keep thinking that would have to change for the US: universal health care and paid time off.
Security would make the workers better off. But good luck getting that.
Here’s the wild part, I’m fully in favour of having tips, but not as an alternative to the company that owns the bar or restaurant paying the staff a legally mandated livable minimum wage, I want tips to be a sign of a happy customer and for the server working to be able to put their whole ass into earning those tips, without worrying that some kyle or karen in a bad mood means that they earn less that day.
100% with you on nationally funded healthcare (I have no idea how americans deal with paying ludicrous taxes then being charged for a hospital visit, then having their medication denied by an insurance company that has no medical knowledge.)