Excerpt from the article:

Schenker says that after his years in the service industry, he has watched tipping evolve into a major part of his pay.

“If there is some means of tipping that’s available to you, that should signal to you that workers there aren’t being paid enough,” says Schenker. “Tipping is sort of an acknowledgment of that fact.”

To Schenker, customers who don’t tip are not understanding that businesses treat tips as a baked-in part of workers’ wages.

“They subsidize lower prices by paying employees less,” he says. “If you aren’t tipping, you are taking advantage of that labor.”

He was so close… Especially for someone who says himself does not make much money.

    • @SCBEnglish
      -4•1 year ago

      Sounds like you know some shitty wait staff. My daughter currently can top $130 in 4 hours at 18 in rural Ohio.

      There’s no general construction worker making 90k/year in Ohio.

        • @SCBEnglish
          -1•1 year ago

          That’s because you’re confusing construction and contractor work, which is different work.

            • @SCBEnglish
              0•1 year ago

              $200+ per day as a server is not difficult. I regularly did that as far back as 2005.

              Again you should at least speak to someone who makes a living this way before developing strong and incorrect opinions.