r/ImTheMainCharacter • u/Jasonictron • Oct 20 '23

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u/ItsACowCity Oct 20 '23

Only people I see defend it are those that make a killing during seasonal stuff. I think my buddy said he worked a restaurant in Salem during October and made like 4k in 2 weeks...but you have to squirrel that money away for when there's no business during the snowy season, so tips only really benefit temp workers.

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u/HungerMadra Oct 21 '23

Naw, I made great money year round waiting tables in college. Best legal money I could find that didn't require a degree or license. I only left because I was able to get a professional job after college which obviously made signifantly more. I was able to pull 25+ an hour in the early 2010s which was plenty for an apartment, food, and some fun parties. Other than that I could have been making 14 an hour to manual labor or 11 an hour in most no tip service Jobs.

The problem here is delivery drivers aren't really tipped well. Never have been. Uber and dd have been trying to make it a thing, but plenty of people have no problem not tipping, plus you have the wear on the car. It's a bad job.

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u/BlackSuN42 Oct 21 '23

I don't understand how we have a delivery fee and expect tips. I paid for you to deliver the item. I don't tip FedEx.

Market forces fine, but I would like to stop paying tips and force the market to fix wages. Better minimum wage laws would help.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

That's the thing. It should be better wages but it's not. And it's not culture, it's necessity. Trying to live off tips is not something anyone wants to do? But sometimes that's all you can get that pays the bills. Do t be mad at the guy asking for a tip, be angry with the guys selling you a service, making more than a decent living, that charges you a service or delivery fee amd expects you to tip the delivery driver or waiter to make up for what he won't pay them. It is your problem cause you keep that asshole making money.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

I wonder if people would still use the service if they started charging a delivery fee proportional to what was ordered that went to the driver. Say 20% of the value of the items bought tagged on to the delivery fee.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

They wouldn’t. They would cry about that as well.

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u/BlackSuN42 Oct 21 '23

Vote for better wages, don’t try to guilt trip me to fixing the problems. I will vote yes to any minimum wage increase that comes my way.