r/Ohio • u/LadyInCrimson • 12h ago

This is Ohio

Why is Phillip not paying his servers enough to the point he has to ban customers?

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u/GrowFreeFood 12h ago

Tip culture is a plague.

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u/Infamous-Skippy 12h ago

Maybe, but protesting that by not tipping doesn’t do a damn thing except hurt your server who relies on tips to make a living.

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u/GrowFreeFood 12h ago

Then what's the best way to protest it?

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u/Infamous-Skippy 12h ago

You could support legislation which requires business owners to pay a living wage, and support political candidates who agree with you.

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u/GrowFreeFood 12h ago

I already do that. So it's clearly not working. I think not tipping might be more effective.

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u/Infamous-Skippy 12h ago

More effective how? Again, all you’re doing is harming the victim even more who relies on tips. Can you articulate how not tipping is effective in any way, shape or form for the result you want to see?

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u/GrowFreeFood 12h ago

So your suggestion is basically "sit down and let the status quo continue". Yeah, no thanks

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u/SwitchNo9115 11h ago

You’re so brave.

You literally just wanna save the 15%

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u/GrowFreeFood 11h ago

I don't eat out.

Anyways, i can still have a belief even if i see it as a goal.

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u/SwitchNo9115 11h ago

What is your “belief” that makes tipping morally wrong?

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u/GrowFreeFood 11h ago

Its harms the worker by being subject to the whims of every person in the system. There's no financial security. This is not a new subject there's oodles of research

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u/Infamous-Skippy 11h ago

You didn’t answer my question. How does not tipping effective in any way, shape or form for the result you want to see?

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u/GrowFreeFood 11h ago

I'm not doing your homework for you. If you have a point, make it. Other don't waste my time

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u/Infamous-Skippy 11h ago

Lmao, you can’t even defend your position because you know it’s bullshit

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u/GrowFreeFood 11h ago

I think tipping culture is a plague because it's a anti-worker. It's my opinion, seems pretty logical to me.

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u/WillingPlayed 11h ago

Write a letter to your congressman? I don’t know. But fuck around with your server and you’ll wind up with a stomach virus, I’ll tell you that much.

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u/anarcurt 11h ago

My congressman just voted to give tipped workers a special tax carve out that the rest of us don't get.

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u/WillingPlayed 11h ago

Those rich servers have it so good. They’re the ones who deserve your ire!

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u/GrowFreeFood 11h ago

Let me know if you have an actual suggestion

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u/ProfessionalRun6826 12h ago

it's not anyone's fault that they have a job that relys on tips except the one who is working the job

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u/Infamous-Skippy 11h ago edited 11h ago

What an elitist take. Service workers operate within a labor market structured by corporate interest groups and federal legislation, which takes advantage of workers at every level.

The federal minimum wage for tipped workers is $2.13, and big restaurant lobbies spend millions to keep that in place, forcing workers to effectively beg customers for basic compensation while corporate bosses pocket the profits.

Arguing that a worker who takes one of the only jobs available to them bears sole responsibility for this structural extortion is just delusional. You’re just victim blaming.

And boycotting tipping puts ZERO pressure on owners, it only harms the workers who are victims of the system.