• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Maybe the only way to finally fix the system is to stop tipping, so servers will go elsewhere until pay comes up. Normally I disagree with this line of thinking because it’s not easy to change careers, but serving is usually a “job” not a career. If we’re worried about minimum wage, I claim that many minimum wage jobs are easier to switch among. If a job requires special skills and knowledge, it deserves pay as such.

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      10 months ago

      Maybe the only way to finally fix the system is to stop tipping

      No. The livelihood of servers is not an acceptable sacrifice to help servers. Defeats the point completely and there’s no guarantee that it’ll work.

      so servers will go elsewhere until pay comes up

      Go where? It’s not like they all live in areas that have even a single place that pays servers a living wage or can afford to mo.

      serving is usually a “job” not a career.

      To paraphrase Matthew Perry (RIP): could you BE anymore condescending towards people with a career in the service industry?

      I claim that many minimum wage jobs are easier to switch among

      And you’d be wrong. People work minimum wage because it was the least bad job available. Unless you’re part of a union, employers have all the power and afford none to workers.

      If a job requires special skills and knowledge, it deserves pay as such.

      Every job does. There’s no such thing as unskilled labor.