Tipping is getting to the tipping point!

Growing up, you learn certain customs in our society.  One of which is tipping.  It's a topic one learns about from observing your parents leaving money on the table before you leave a restaurant, and then you learn more about in math class when learning how to calculate percentages. 

As I learned it, the standard tip is 15%, with 20% for excellent service.  10% for poor service, or lower for exceptionally poor service.  Of course, one is welcome to be more generous if they wish.  But, that's the general rule. 

This is a concept that I understand, having part of a worker's wage depend on the quality of their service is a good way to promote quality service.

I do recall a former co-worker of mine, someone that was a bit older, who had this real attitude about tipping.  She wouldn't tip, or would tip real lousy.  She would always gripe "don't make me pay your workers".  I tried to point out the concept, and pointed out that if they did pay their workers more, that would result in the prices being higher, so in the end you still pay it, just that this way you have control over it and can determine your price based on performance.  She didn't care, she was set in her ways, as far as she was concerned, tipping existed because employers were just too cheap to pay their workers.

Well, I still think the tipping system is fine by me, but she may have a point...

Now then, as we all know, people that work for tips are allowed to make less than minimum wage, due to the way that tips supplement their income.  But, every now and then, reports come out that tips are too low.  And, I can understand that as prices go up, wages need to go up, we all understand that concept.  But, in theory....tips shouldn't need to go up.  Not the percentage anyways.

As prices increase, tips automatically increase, since we would now be paying 15% of a larger price as places increase their prices.  So, a worker's pay automatically goes up with a places prices.

However....this morning I read a story that now places in NY are calling for 30% tips, as they had already been calling for 20%.


Ok, NOW I'm agreeing with my former co-worker.  I think the problem here is the below minimum wage pay hasn't been going up.  And now, employers want us to pick up the rest of their workers pay, rather than increase the hourly wage.

Well, fuck you!  I'm sick and tired of minimum wage staying low while prices of everything continue increasing.  I'm sick and tired of prices of our basic needs increasing at a far faster pace than our wages. 

And now....you want us to pay more for your low wage workers?

FUCK YOU!!!!

I'm sick of this attutitude from the wealthy and business owners, that those of us that aren't wealthy are leeches, and that they are entitled to even more of our money.

Pay your own damn workers, and leave our tip rates alone.