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Oh, wow. Suddenly they're not being paid at all only because one person doesn't tip? How does that work?
Not tipping wastes nobody's time. That's not how time works. You did say "You aren’t ending tipping culture by not tipping, you’re just taking advantage of workers just as much as the owners" which I turned around on you, though. Also, what you said here is wrong because I don't exploit anybody's labour by not tipping since I'm not getting paid to eat out. You understand that.
Why didn't I think of that and not do it for the last 20 years? You really opened my eyes to the most obvious thing ever! I already don't perpetuate a system that exploits workers. Maybe you should too.
Lol, I'm guessing you've never worked in a restaurant before? If you are taking one of their tables and they are having to serve you, and you don't tip....they don't get money for that table and whatever time you used it for. If you hadn't taken up the table, they may have gotten a customer who wasn't an asshole.
It wastes the servers time, but you don't seem to think that matters.
How, by being wrong?
Tipping is wrong because it turns over the responsibility of labour expense to the customer. You, the customer are denying that labour expense and leaving the labourer unpaid for their labour. Meaning you are participating and taking advantage of their labour.
Lol, you are still participating in the tip culture if you give your business to places that rely on tipping, but don't tip. The owner still gets paid and doesn't give a shit if the server does or not.
And if you are saying you don't go to places that accept tips, then why are you even fucking talking to me? My whole point was that people who don't like tipping culture shouldn't go to places that accept tips.
I know how tipping works, thank you. If I'm not being tipped for waiting a table, I still get paid hourly wages, meaning I get money for that table or any other I wait during my work hours. If I hadn't taken that table, I would still make hourly wages. I can't believe you don't know that. You're not just acting obtuse, are you?
Not tipping wastes nobody's time. Servers are paid by the hour. Hours are time. Servers do not get to leave earlier when they receive tips. Do you think restaurant owners waste servers' time by underpaying them? Be honest.
You know what turning something around on someone means. If you're unsure what happened, please make use of the scrolling up technology and use your eyes and brain to read what it says there. You already agreed that tipping doesn't end tipping culture, so your act doesn't really make sense now.
I don't employ servers, so it is in no way my responsibility to pay their wages. I'm responsible for paying for the food and service that I receive. The owner is responsible to pay for the labour they receive. Rather simple in concept, really. It's fine if you're OK with picking up someone's employer's tab, I won't. Just don't confuse who's exploiting who just because you so desperately want to shift the blame away from the restaurant owner. Why are you even doing that? You're in a situation where one guy says "hey, you're going to work for me full time but I'm only paying you a fraction even though I receive the full labour. If you're lucky, my customers donate some of their money to your living expenses. Most do, the others are huge assholes, right?" and you go "right, that's very fair and sensible. Thank you so much for this opportunity, Mr Moneybags! Oh, the system surely sucks but apart from shaming customers into shelling out for what you systematically withhold, there's just nothing that could be done :(" Does your family own a restaurant or something?
What part of "I haven't frequented tipped restaurants in 20 years" did you not understand? Obviously I have an opinion on tipping, how are you having trouble understanding that I would voice it in a public forum when that is the topic? You made a shitty point and I commented on it, why would not going to tipped restaurants keep me from doing that, exactly? Your logic is fucked up all around.
The hourly rate for most servers is less than minimum wage, which is already too low to make a living off of. Like I said, I don't think you know how this works. You can legally pay a server $2.13 an hour in most states so long as what ever tips they make the rest of the day average to $7.25 an hour.
I think they take advantage of their labour, just as people like yourself do.
Act? My claim is that if you don't like tipping, don't go to restaurants where servers rely on tips to make a living.
Lol, it's also very simple to see that the system we currently utilize is inadequate and is geared towards maximizing profits to the owner, and that is not the fault of the server who is just trying to make a living.
I don't tip because I'm fine with "picking up the owners tab". I tip because I know that the only person who loses in the situation is the worker. The owner doesn't care if you tip or don't tip, he gets his money either way. I'm not shifting the blame from the owner, they are of course exploiting the worker. However, so are you if someone is working in the expectation of compensation and then receives none. I'm guessing you don't tell the waiter you don't believe in tipping before the service.....?
Or .....you could go to the many restaurants that don't rely on tips to pay their workers. That is the only way to actually fight tipping culture, by rewarding your patronage to an owner who utilizes a labour system you believer in.
An no, my family doesn't own a restaurant. I used to work as a chef while I worked my way through school, and I know how feast or famine things can be for people working up front. I've known people who couldn't make rent because they had a bad day. I have basic empathy for my fellow workers.
You said you haven't participated in tipping culture for 20 years, based on your other shitty opinions, I figured that could mean you just haven't tipped for 20 years. Also, I don't really think someone who defends stiffing wait staff so vehemently online would really have a problem with taking advantage of their labour in real life and lying about it on the web.
To be honest you just seem like a person incapable of empathy, like some sort of libertarian sleezball. Anyways, have fun being a miserable ass.