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7. U.S. Tipping is Way to Preserve Inequality of Income

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Jan 29, 2023, 06:05 PM

Jan 2023

Howard Schultz is happy with the pressure on customers to extend tipping I am sure. He is a billionaire and could well afford to press Starbucks to increase worker salaries and minimize tipping.

I think it is great when people wan to give to others. I don’t think tipping in businesses that can afford living wages but refuse to pay that wage is a virtuous act however. If the tippers are willing to send Schultz and the Starbucks CEO a letter demanding they pay generous wages each time they tip for being handed a cup we may be able to get on the path to a just and equal society.

I do not patronize Starbucks. I find it unaffordable. Does it support unionization of workers?

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'I'm not gonna f*cking tip you when all you're doing is taking a cup and handing it to somebody' [View all] Omaha Steve Jan 2023 OP

I bribed my bicycle mechanic $20 to put my bike ahead of the line one day last summer, nt doc03 Jan 2023 #1

Starbucks workers deserve a tip. They work non stop all day they have a timer at the drive through doc03 Jan 2023 #2

Are you willing to help the workers form a union delisen Jan 2023 #12

Being a lifelong union member, I support unions. It is up them to vote doc03 Jan 2023 #13

I'm going to tip...whether others do or not...even for simple service Sancho Jan 2023 #3

Ex Waitress here. ggma Jan 2023 #11

Target home delivery allows tipping of the delivery person via credit card and Target in2herbs Jan 2023 #4

Apparently that Tiktoker has never actually been to Starbucks AZSkiffyGeek Jan 2023 #5

I work at a local coffee shop vercetti2021 Jan 2023 #6

U.S. Tipping is Way to Preserve Inequality of Income delisen Jan 2023 #7

My son worked as a barista for years Fiendish Thingy Jan 2023 #8

If they'd pay a decent wage in the first place, tips wouldn't be necessary. 3Hotdogs Jan 2023 #9

+1. Herman Cain, Godfather's Pizza CEO, NRA Pres., Enduring Lobbying Triumph: appalachiablue Jan 2023 #14

People routinely tip some low wage occupations and not others that earn similar wages MichMan Jan 2023 #10

Adam Smith explained it better. IF nobody tipped, wages would be $2.15 per hour. 3Hotdogs Jan 2023 #15

By law, employers are required to make up the difference between the tipped wage and minimum wage MichMan Jan 2023 #17

My simple solution PJMcK Jan 2023 #16

Are they paid actual minimum wage or what restaurant waiters/waitresses are paid? LiberalFighter Jan 2023 #18