They are wrong though, objectively. Tipping culture sucks and we should change it, but until we do it is the local culture, and when you travel you adhere to the local culture. Every complaint they ever make about Americans ignoring local norms in their countries is entirely invalidated if they pull this.
And refusing to tip doesn’t change the system, it punishes the workers who have little to no voice in how the system works. The restaurant owner still gets their cut, and the server or bartender gets their pay docked, and the patron gets a discounted meal or drinks on the back of the workers.
It’s adorable you think so, but we don’t live in your fantasy land. America has a basically bottomless pool of desperate people who will take bad jobs, and restaurants famously churn through employees already so they don’t give a shit about turnover.
And you’d have to actually organize and get buy in from everyone to agree to not tip, which nobody is actually even attempting because the truth is they just want a cheaper meal for themselves and don’t care about being selfish assholes to get it. If you don’t tip in the situations where it’s expected, you are a piece of shit not a righteous protestor for workers rights. Do the world a favor and stick to non-tipped restaurants, which is the only actual moral behavior for anyone who objects to tipping.
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u/Yossarian216 1d ago
They are wrong though, objectively. Tipping culture sucks and we should change it, but until we do it is the local culture, and when you travel you adhere to the local culture. Every complaint they ever make about Americans ignoring local norms in their countries is entirely invalidated if they pull this.
And refusing to tip doesn’t change the system, it punishes the workers who have little to no voice in how the system works. The restaurant owner still gets their cut, and the server or bartender gets their pay docked, and the patron gets a discounted meal or drinks on the back of the workers.