• @Maggoty
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    710 months ago

    Because restaurants decided to enforce tipping by percentage after world war 2 in order to keep payroll down. They lobbied for laws around it and ran advertisements to the public. Corporate governance is a huge problem in the US and tipping is just one facet.

    • @fat_stig
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      310 months ago

      Thanks for the background.