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shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>Fri, 16 May 2025 18:58:49 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>:
>>May 16, 2025 at 8:17:19 AM PDT, Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>:

>>>I just saw this article about tipping here in Canada and thought you 
>>>might be interested to see how it works here given your own frustrations 
>>>with it in LA.

>>>https://www.narcity.com/quebec-bill-72-tipping-law-canadawide

>>I've absolutely had it with tipping. I've got everyone from Subway to
>>McDonald's pestering me for tips now.

>>Dude, you shoved a bag of burgers across the counter to me. What makes you
>>think you deserve an extra 20% of my bill for that? Especially here in
>>California, where, thanks to the socialists in the legislature, you make more
>>than $20/hr by law to shake the fry basket or squirt the guac bottle in the
>>first place. (Which has resulted in the cost of a Big Mac/fries/soda
>>approaching $20 now. In 2019, I could get that for $7.95) You're already
>>making *far* more than your unskilled labor is worth and you have the stones
>>to try to shake me down for an additional 20% tip on top of it all?

>Wasn't the point of the increase to give the employees a livable
>income. One where tips wouldn't be necessary. Guess that wasn't the
>case.

No. The merchant simply doesn't want the wage increase on his payroll.
Don't kid yourself that it's otherwise. It doesn't necessarily mean that
the tipped person gets a higher way.

In the other followup, you yourself pointed out that the tip doesn't
necessarily go to the person the customer thinks is going to receive it.

>>. . .