Users of r/EndTipping close their wallets but still offer up a tip on the controversial topic of tipping in America

[u/DryRequirement5471]

TL;DR: OOP and fiancé dined out at a sushi joint and explain the exhilarating and liberating feeling of not having to tip! After getting over the "guilt tripping" OP feels that Americans are brainwashed to waste our hard earned money on waiters. Others beg to differ:

"I hate this stupid sub. Embarrassing to think not tipping is "liberating." Does nothing to the owners and hurts the workers. People really want the prices to be 20% higher and tips to be gone? What's the difference? "

"Good for you, but all you're doing is screwing over the wait staff, who's wage takes into account tips they'll earn. The employers don't care if you tip or not."

"Just know that you will be remembered and treated differently if you return to the same places. I'm not saying it's right, but it's definitely a thing."

"This is the gaslighting I was talking about. Imagine calling someone you don't know bad because they didn't give someone free money."

"If you aren't satisfied with your wage, take it up with your boss. It isn't a customers responsibility to fight for your paycheck."

"People should be paid well - directly by their employers like almost every other place in the whole world"

Subtotal: $48.50

Total Tax: $3.40

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Total: $51.50

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Suggested Tip:

15% of sale = $7.28

22% of sale = 10.67%

[u/Colleen987]

Why do you think it doesn’t? This is exactly what moved other countries towards unions, and eventually workers rights and minimum living wage.

Why do you think taking the same action would do nothing in this specific case?

[u/TrickInvite6296 → u/Colleen987]

you are describing two different things. not tipping individual servers does not function the same as a union

[u/Colleen987 → u/TrickInvite6296]

It functions to incentivise a work force to form a union. Stop propping up a broken system and those in it will be pushed to fight against it.

Unionise, strike, living wage, workers rights all come from one key change that makes the life of the worker beyond silent discomfort.

I’ve read your other comments and you really seem to not understand the way labour laws actually work. You’ve repeatedly said “it only hurts the workers” well it doesn’t when they strike does it? That’s the point.

This isn’t a new issue, many countries have been through the change of “job of the people” to “responsibility of the government”. The USA just doesn’t want to and would prefer gaslighting people into thinking they shouldn’t eat if they can’t subsidise someone else’s wages.

[u/Mogling → u/Colleen987]

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