The top comment nails the true cause of the problem - “The upper classes are just pitting us against each other. Broke delivery driver and broke customer who ordered the food will fight each other over tips, whilst the food delivery app makes good money and laughs at us fighting.”
https://twitter.com/roydanroy/status/1218197470695641098?s=20 reminds of this classic. The caption on this has been tailored towards immigration but it’s amazing how many of these arguments boil down to the the same thing. The institutions with huge wealth pitting those with not much against those with even less
Tip culture is just plain broken. It’s a way for capitalists to shift the responsibility of paying for labor to consumers, which also allows them to deflect any blame when it comes to tip amounts.
I’ve gotten a lot of shit over the years for being anti tip. But I think more people than usual are coming around to it with the economy the way it is and every other point of service machine asking for tips at fast food restaurants.
I agree. The idea of paying someone $5-$20 directly on top of an inflated bill for bringing me a glass of water once, carrying plates of food they didn’t cook, asking me how my food is while my mouth is full or interrupting conversations to bring me the bill and hustle me out as fast as possible is just patently absurb. I would tip a chef. I would rather bus my own table than continue tipping wait staff.
