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It seems fairly presumptuous of you to assume that your server can't pay their rent or buy groceries, especially when the servers make more off of tips than most people make with their hourly wage. And I'm not sure where you think it's my decision whether they deserve money for their work, I'm not their employer. It seems to me like you think customers should not only pay for something but should also pay the employees serving it to them. Where does the responsibility come in for the employer? Also, at some point personal responsibility comes into play, you can't expect everyone to give you handouts all the time.
I worked in fine dining for 10 years. So no, it's not presumptuous of me because I am speaking from personal experience based on my own life as well as many, many people I have known. I'd say that I'm one of the least presumptuous people in this thread when it comes to this topic.
It would be great if employers would pay servers a living wage, but that simply isn't the way things actually work in restaurants.
Personal responsibility? Handouts??! Tell you what, how about you go to work for 8 hours every day and then have your business's clients decide whether or not you deserve any money at all for the work you do. Would you say you're just asking for a handout, or would you say that you deserve to be paid for the work you did?
I would be questioning why I expect my clients to pay me when that's what my employer does.
Why am I not surprised with your total lack of empathy?
If you don't like tipping and actually believe that people should be paid for the work they do, then don't eat at restaurants. Show those restaurant owners why they should pay people, and be the change you want to see in the world. Otherwise, you're just an asshole.
I certainly have empathy, it's just located in a different spot than yours. We both want the same thing, servers to get what they deserve. You though think that I customer should pay the wages of an employee which makes absolutely no sense to me. To me the employer, the one that actually making money, should be the one to pay their employee. I'm just trying to figure out why you think the way you do.
I was never trying to justify the arrangement where the employer doesn't pay the employee. However, the reality of the situation is that it doesn't happen that way. In the U.S., at least, servers make their living almost exclusively by being tipped. Yeah, it's shitty of employers not to offer a better wage, but it's equally shitty for people to go to restaurants--fully aware that servers need tips to make ends meet--without tipping servers.