(November 16, 2013 at 12:35 am)genkaus Wrote: Here's what I gather from the discussion so far:
Employers' are screwing over their employees by paying them less than minimum wage and the customers are expected to bear the burden.
Not quite.
Congress has fucked over those employees by allowing some food service workers to be paid slave wages. The employers are happy participants, of course.
In a society where tipping is customary, it's just another added cost like sales tax.
It's not entirely bad for the employees - a good server can make very good money in tips. The bad ones, not so much.
Honestly, I have no idea how the practice started.
As fucked up as the situation is, I wouldn't feel right being served by some poor schlub working for two bucks an hour without leaving a tip. I'd stop eating in restaurants before I'd do that.
