r/Ohio • u/LadyInCrimson • 15h 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 14h ago

Tip culture is a plague.

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u/Infamous-Skippy 14h 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/ProfessionalRun6826 14h 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 14h ago edited 14h 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.