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Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tipping

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh we realize, but it's difficult to stop once it's been ingrained in the culture. Not only that, employers took advantage of that and therefore tipped employees have a much lower minimum wage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Technically they have the same minimum wage. If they don't get back up to minimum wage in tips, the employer is legally required to make up the difference. The issue is most people don't know this, and so employers get away not doing it. This is one of the many forms of wage theft, the most common form of theft in the US.