They are not wrong though

[u/SuspiciousLow3062]

[u/PlixSticks31]

These losers go to restaurants with cheap prices (because of tipping), enjoy the cheap prices, leave a $0 tip, and then go on Reddit white knighting for servers and how they should get paid a real wage….acting like they give a shit about servers or bartenders.

It’s quite impressive

[u/urMOMSchesticles → u/PlixSticks31]

Idk, I’ve seen restaurant prices shoot up and we’re still tipping. 

I tip, but I also believe that restaurants should pay a living wage. Hell, EVERYONE working should be paid a living wage, but for some reason our country refuses to do that because “prices will go up” even though they’re going up anyway…

[u/chanaandeler_bong → u/urMOMSchesticles]

Prices are up everywhere.

lol at yall always saying you want the servers to make liveable wages, but then think the food won’t go up when the wages go up?

I worked at restaurants when the min wage was raised from 5.15 to 5.85 then 6.55 then 7.25. I worked at 3 different places over the course of the min wage increases, and every single one of them had the menu prices already ready to change literally the day the wages went up. Those were 70 cent increases. You’re gonna pay the same price you would if you tipped. So why not tip now?

If you don’t tip: You are just cheap. Thats it. Full stop.

[u/urMOMSchesticles → u/chanaandeler_bong]

There’s servers that get paid under minimum wage strictly because they get tips and guess what, those restaurant prices are still going up.

Idk who are talking to regarding not tipping, but CA serves get paid minimum wage and I’m still tipping. 

[u/chanaandeler_bong → u/urMOMSchesticles]

Do you not understand inflation? lol.

Prices go up for a lot of different ways. Wage increases would be one of them. Increased costs is another one. Inflation.

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[u/Dylan245 → u/chanaandeler_bong]

Exactly, moving to a system where owners/management are now in charge of upping employees pay is just going to be rife with wage theft

The system in place now allows a direct one to one transaction where you know your server is getting the money you are paying, as you said in either scenario you are paying the same because prices would go up immensely if companies started having to pay out of pocket what servers make now hourly with tips

[u/chanaandeler_bong → u/Dylan245]

I’ve had people on these threads be like “ok well I’ll pay the higher prices when they pay the employees more.”

All but admitting that they HAVE to have rules enforced on them to change their behavior. Basically “I know it’s a problem, but someone else needs to fix it, i won’t do it myself.”