International fans visiting the US for the World Cup have become frustrated by the culture of having to tip servers, telling the BBC that tipping fatigue has set in.

Many international fans visiting the US for the World Cup have become frustrated by the culture of tipping servers, telling the BBC that tipping fatigue has set in.

England supporter Geoff Pryor said he understood tipping for good service, but he found it “weird” when buying a bottle of water and “they try to get a tip for doing nothing”.

In the US, staff at some restaurants and bars are paid just over $2 (£1.50) an hour, and they expect customers to tip about 20% of the total cost of the bill so they can earn a living.

Frustrations have also been shared by hospitality staff, with one bar owner telling the BBC that many World Cup tourists have been bad tippers.

  • YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub
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    2 days ago

    I don’t get the employer a pass. But I live in a reality of tipped wages and have had a job like that before. I have solidarity with those workers by helping the make a livelihood. Me not tipping only benefits me and the owner. Not the laborer. It is immoral to withhold the money earned

    • Redfugee@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      The employer is the one withholding the money earned, the customer is simply paying the price that is advertised. The employer is the one that is exploiting the cheap labor, and if the labor looks to the customer to fix it it’s not going to work out.

        • Redfugee@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          Employers paying shitty wages are punishing workers, this is the source of your complaint. If workers got a fair wage to begin with, you wouldn’t give a shit about tipping. But employers pay a shit wage and have successfully got people like you to blame and shame customers instead of them. If you think this will resolve by arguing with the customers that aren’t subsiding the wages, well, good luck with that.

            • Redfugee@lemmy.world
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              2 days ago

              I support workers getting a fair wage, full stop. Nice try pointing the blame away from employers who pay shit wages, they definitely need the focus off of them to perpetuate this system.

                • Redfugee@lemmy.world
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                  2 days ago

                  I’m not working on any legislation. I’m only trying to point out who is causing this pain so you can consider redirecting your anger to the right place. FWIW I do tip every single time but I do honestly wonder if I am just helping to perpetuate an unfair system.