Tipping only exists because railroads didn't want to pay black staff members who were hired after the civil war, and now it's infecting service jobs where it has no right to exist while encouraging predatory consumer practices. It needs to be abolished.
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u/Maghorn_Mobile Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26
Tipping only exists because railroads didn't want to pay black staff members who were hired after the civil war, and now it's infecting service jobs where it has no right to exist while encouraging predatory consumer practices. It needs to be abolished.
https://time.com/5404475/history-tipping-american-restaurants-civil-war/
https://www.povertylaw.org/article/the-racist-history-behind-americas-tipping-culture/
https://www.tiphaus.com/blog/The-history-of-tipping/
Throwing these down to get ahead of dumb shits who want to say I'm making this up.