[HN Gopher] Tipping culture in the US is getting out of hand and...
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       Tipping culture in the US is getting out of hand and should be
       discouraged
        
       Author : samaysharma
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2024-09-11 21:19 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | talldayo wrote:
       | The solution is obvious, if you've ever worked a job in the
       | service industries: make it illegal to pay these workers below
       | minimum wage. I realized tipping was bullshit once you had to
       | report it as taxed income, it's a uniquely pro-business practice
       | for a country that prides itself on freedom of transaction so
       | much. But no, because tipped minimum wage has to be calculated it
       | all goes through the system.
        
         | JumpCrisscross wrote:
         | > _if you 've ever worked a job in the service industries: make
         | it illegal to pay these workers below minimum wage_
         | 
         | The tipped minimum wage doesn't exist in California [1]. The
         | only solution is a policy requiring employees reject tips.
         | (High-end restaurants that charge _ex ante_ have begun doing
         | this.)
         | 
         | [1] https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/blog/what-is-the-minimum-
         | wage-f...
        
       | qwerpy wrote:
       | This is a year old link to a discussion forum of lower quality
       | than HN. This is a fun topic for sure, but there's got to be a
       | better way to start it than linking to a random old post on
       | Reddit.
        
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