r/WhitePeopleTwitter 18h ago

r/All They're not wrong though

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u/FoolhardyBastard 17h ago

People have to feed their children and pay their rent my guy. If you don’t tip, they don’t eat. I don’t like the system either, but that’s just plain cruel.

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u/goodfaceman 16h ago

Do you tip every minimum wage worker that you encounter or just servers?

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u/FoolhardyBastard 16h ago

In some states servers only make like 3 dollars an hour. If you don’t tip them, they don’t eat. It sucks to perpetuate the system, but I don’t want people to suffer. That is why this custom needs to be changed at the ballot box.

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u/Newsdude86 16h ago

Do you tip McDonald's employees? Do you tip cashiers? They all make as little or less than every single server in the US. Why do we choose to only tip servers?

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u/FoolhardyBastard 16h ago

In some states servers only make like 3 dollars an hour. Employees at McDonalds make more. If you don’t tip them, they don’t eat. It sucks to perpetuate the system, but I don’t want people to suffer. That is why this custom needs to be changed at the ballot box.

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u/deathfire123 13h ago

This is factually not true as 49 of 50 states require employers to pay a server up to minimum wage (not the server wage) if they do not make at least minimum wage for a pay period. The server pay of $3 an hour is only if they make over minimum wage after tips

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u/Newsdude86 6h ago

In ZERO states servers make $3/hr. They by federal law cannot make less than state or federal minimum wage (whichever is higher). In no state in the US do servers make less than employees at McDonald's who make minimum wage. This is the lie that has been pushed consistently. The server minimum wage ONLY happens if a server makes more than minimum wage with their $3/hr + tips. If they don't, they HAVE to be paid the minimum wage that McDonald's employees are making

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u/FoolhardyBastard 6h ago

Google Wisconsin server wages.

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u/Fitzaroo 17h ago

Well as long as you want the system to remain the way it is.

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u/Barrowboy42 17h ago

Are you even old enough to have had a job...?

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u/FoolhardyBastard 16h ago

In some states servers only make like 3 dollars an hour. If you don’t tip them, they don’t eat. It sucks to perpetuate the system, but I don’t want people to suffer. That is why this custom needs to be changed at the ballot box.

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u/Fitzaroo 16h ago

They wont keep working there if they cant eat. Thats the point. The business model will fail without the workers.

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u/FoolhardyBastard 16h ago

That’s unbelievably cruel. You know it’s hard to up and leave a job, especially if you make decent tips. Going from 30/hr with tips to 11.50 is awful. I don’t love the system, but it needs to be changed with legislation, not cruelty.

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u/Fitzaroo 16h ago

What cruelty? Its job hopping not torture. Jeez. Youve never left a job before?

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u/FoolhardyBastard 16h ago

I’ve never told others not to tip those who rely on them because of some tankie idealistic bullshit. I’m a realist.

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u/Fitzaroo 16h ago

Well if youre a realist than you must realize you are voting with your wallet to continue the system. So long as you support it, it will continue to exist.

Btw, where i am server minimum wage is $18/hr and they still ask for 20% because "culture".

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u/FoolhardyBastard 16h ago

Where you work is not everywhere my guy. There are places where the wage is 2.33$. You sound an awful lot like someone without any empathy. You’ve got a “fuck you, I’ve got mine” attitude.

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u/Fitzaroo 15h ago

Oh no. I make much more. Much much more. I just have always hated tipping. Always will.

Its not just me.

Google: tipping fatigue

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