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[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 97 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I used to work as a line cook. The waitresses would give us a percentage of their tips which was nice. But really, we understood that it was much better to cook the food than be the one dealing with the idiot customers and rude Karens, so they deserved that tip. The girls would be all smiles, and as soon as they'd walk in the kitchen they'd let out all the rage. Then back to smiling once they go back on the floor, whereas the cooks could just behave like the animals we were, and nobody would see us.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 31 points 11 months ago

No, they deserved to be paid appropriately by their employer and the customers deserve to have a predictable bill, not one based on the quality of the service they received or the pity they have for the employee.

I've worked for tip for 10 years, tipped jobs shouldn't exist.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Until some asshole went and invented the "open kitchen" concept

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Cries in an open kitchen

[-] SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 11 months ago

dealing with the idiot customers and rude Karens

Of course the customers behave as entitled brats because they're paying for the entitlement with a tip that can be withheld for any reason. It creates a rage inducing power dynamic.

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

So, is that basically why Americans like tipping culture? Because it lets you feel the rush of being in control of someone for money? The rush of being the abusive partner in an abusive relationship?

[-] pascal@lemm.ee -1 points 11 months ago

Yes. The whole American culture runs around money.

[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml -1 points 11 months ago

Yep, exactly the same shit why liberals were OK with Nazi Germany. Sure some of them they weren't on board with the mass killings (but lets not mince words here, a lot of them were) but once they got to wield a fraction of that power for themselves, they stopped complaining.

[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

As someone who has worked in customer service, customers don't need to tip to act like entitled brats.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Exactly! I mean just watch the movie "Waiting". It is such an accurate portrayal that it should be classified as a documentary.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

18 years in restaurants checking in. I was a bartender when waiting came out. The only thing they got wrong was that we didn't do The Game, but we started to after we saw the movie.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

So so many restaurant staff did, it's not even funny. ๐Ÿ˜…

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