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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes it is. Knowingly rewarding shitty business practices and making it "nobody's fault!" is literally your fault. The business has no incentive to change their policies if you keep spending money there.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure how I made it "nobody's fault". It's the corporation's fault for low wages, and the government's fault for allowing them to do that.

You're right that they have no incentive to change on their own. And if every business is doing it, it's not realistic to tell consumers to just stop going to every business.

You realize you're turning against consumers in the same economic class instead of turning on the people actually creating the problem.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Actually, they're saying boycott those businesses instead of supporting them, so that maybe actual change can happen. Those business owners only care about their bottom line, it's just that the people with the power to actually effect that bottom line instead say "here's a tip, get a better job" to the lowest person on the ladder.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

But the other person has a point. It's every business nowadays trying to subsidize employee wages with tips. So as a customer we're not supposed to go anywhere? How is that possible? I'll not cross the picket line, but I also need to buy food and groceries and live my life.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

And if every business is doing it, it’s not realistic to tell consumers to just stop going to every business.

I don't know how you can say "boycott those businesses" with a straight face when asking for tips has become so pervasive in every customer-facing industry.