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lavendergrowing101 t1_j64gwf0 wrote

Tipping culture stems from the tipped employee minimum wage, and general inequality in the US. If you want tip culture to change, start pressuring your legislators to get rid of the tipped minimum wage.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j64kjhy wrote

I'd also probably considering businessees linked to the RI Hospitality association, many of whom are business owners. They've actively fought against this.

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lavendergrowing101 t1_j64n091 wrote

>I'd also probably considering businessees linked to the RI Hospitality association, many of whom are business owners. They've actively fought against this.

Yup, anything with reforming tipping, the Hospitality Association and chamber of commerce fight it tooth and nail. They want customers to pay their workers wages. Don't get mad at workers for needing tips to survive, get mad at these bosses who don't want to pay fair wages.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j64oan6 wrote

For clarity, I don't support eliminating tipping or the tipped minimum wage. I think the solution is you make the tipped minimum wage not be total garbage.

I know $15/hr is not the ideal benchmark anymore, but if that is the regular minimum wage, the tipped one should be closer to $7-10 or something. If it's high enough where it makes more people not tip or tip less, you'll have a scenario where service-industry staff work more hours for less money.

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[deleted] t1_j64iqkf wrote

This. And in the mean time, pay a tip and don’t stiff workers.

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cowperthwaite t1_j658egf wrote

For context, RI's tipped minimum wage is $3.89/hour. It was last increased in 2017.

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/11/18/is-minimum-wage-in-ri-not-enough-to-live-on-report-says-the-state-is-behind/69656330007/

Debate last session:

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/22/rhode-island-minimum-wage-tipped-workers-restaurants-bars/7119288001/

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MonicaPVD t1_j66cj03 wrote

Servers who earn the tipped minimum wage should absolutely receive a 20-25% tip. The person making a regular wage and expecting you to tip them for the privilege of standing in their presence? GTFOH.

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alekoz47 t1_j6cwrzr wrote

Your employer will pay the difference if you don't receive enough tips to cover the minimum wage. So in effect, by tipping, you are subsidizing the employer.

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leavingthecold OP t1_j64mtes wrote

The subject was not about tipping but the type of establishments that practice this outside of a normal bar/restaurant.

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lavendergrowing101 t1_j64na0l wrote

You wont see the expectation of constant tipping in societies where tipping isn't normalized by the tipped minimum wage - that is the root of it. If bosses paid workers fairly and workers were able to work with dignity, we wouldn't have such a culture of tipping spreading to other businesses.

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leavingthecold OP t1_j64remg wrote

well in the case of the mechanic shop that showed the tip option on payment table , this is an independently ran shop, I doubt he has guys working for less than market rate or else he wouldn't have employees. Just emphasizing the fact it was at a mechanics shop was a shocker.

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Jtownusa t1_j65ax9u wrote

A mechanic shop asking for tip blows my fucking mind! I'm half expecting to see a tip jar at my doctor's office next time I get a physical.

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leavingthecold OP t1_j65cch6 wrote

Don't be shocked if you do, everyone is getting in on it. Hell seeing this today I might as well make a tip jar to carry around.

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