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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Corporations push tip culture because they don’t want to pay their employees. Instead, they pay executives outrageous salaries and prioritize stockholders over customers.

Companies that don’t pay or treat employees fairly will soon see that they can’t find people willing to work for them. [/quote]

I do agree with this though I also don't think there is anything wrong with tipping, especially for exceptional service.

But I also think that if this is your position and reason for not tipping, then you should have to back it up by choosing to patronize businesses that you know pay and treat their employees well, or to use your voice as a customer to influence businesses to shift from relying on tips to better compensation for employees.

We have a list in our house of restaurants that have either eliminated tipping or where we know employees are making a higher wage and getting decent benefits, and we try to patronize these over businesses who don't have these practices or where we don't know whenever we can. It's a win-win because then we also feel liberated from tipping pressure and can just enjoy our meals there. Sometimes we even still tip because someone goes above and beyond for us. But there's no expectation and also no guilt on our part, like we're stiffing our server. It's actually a more enjoyable dining experience precisely because it gets rid of some of the friction that accompanies tipping. It might be my imagination, but I also feel like employees at these businesses tend to be friendlier and more relaxed, too. [/quote]

How is the world do you have this information? Are you asking the employees about their salary? Serious question, I’d like to think I’m going to establishments that treat employees well, but I have no idea how to discern this as a customer. And we have 3 young kids so we don’t go out to eat very often (maybe one date night a month), so it’s not like I’m a regular anywhere to get this info. [/quote]

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