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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.

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[–] Redfugee@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Why do you give the employer a pass and blame the customer?

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

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 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You fight the system by fighting the system, not punishing people who are even more vulnerable to the cruelty of the system.

[–] Redfugee@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

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.

Cool story. Good way to have solidarity with workers