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We should have a nationwide boycott against tipping until restaurants start paying their workers minimum wage
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Anonymous 6w

No, we should not. Because the only people this hurts are tip workers

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Anonymous 5w

You’d be better off boycotting restaurants as a whole and actually hurting the bottom line of the people who own them and are responsible for paying people then you would be going, paying for your food, and then not tipping the person who worked to bring it to you

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Anonymous 6w

Everybody broke anyways, why should I have to pay someone else that’s the whole point of having a JOB!!

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

Tipping is the reason those workers are underpaid. We have to upend that system eventually

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

By forcing them to essentially work for free? You’re not hurting the business at all. Tipping doesn’t cut into their funds at all. You gotta hit em where it hurts. Not to mention every tip worker I’ve ever known has made much much higher than they would have on minimum wage. Hell my best friend made more a week as a bartender than I did as a teacher. We need to demand livable wages, not just minimum wage, and that comes from the top down. From lawmakers and policy change

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

Well I definitely think tipping needs to go. even though it usually works as far as a replacement for a living wage I really don't like that it's relying on customers instead of employers. But yes you're right that a tip boycott wouldn't actually put much pressure on restaurants to pay their workers more unless they just felt bad. So the legal route is the only real way to fix this.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

Boycotting services that are known to drastically underpay their employees are an option (like uber, DoorDash, insta cart, chain restaurants, etc), if you want to minimize your impact on individuals and still actually hurt the company. But seriously calling your local representatives, federal ones, getting your loved ones to do the same, just never being quiet about it

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

But also to push back on the point of it not hurting the business, I'm pretty sure they would have to start paying their workers more by law if they stopped getting tips. Even if there were a way around it, a lot of workers would just leave. And I'd assume people participating in the boycott would also stop going to restaurants that refuse to change their policies

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

Legally if they’re paying the tipping wage (federally 2.13/hr) yes, if tips don’t come out to what they’d make at minimum wage (federally 7.25/hr), the employers must make up the difference. But let’s be real, in what universe is 7.25 a livable wage?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

So what you're saying is it would come out of their funds...

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

Not in a meaningful way. It still wouldn’t be forcing them to pay a livable wage, and it would cause huge pay cuts for most tipped employees (bc again they tend to make well above minimum wage with their tips)

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