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[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Yes. The solution to your bad idea is to not implement it.

The solution to servers currently relying on tips is to raise their guaranteed wage to a living wage.

The solution for multi billion businesses soliciting tips for using a machine that replaced a worker? Burn it all to the ground.

[-] [email protected] -5 points 3 days ago

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Yes, but how is that actionable? What can the average person do that they haven’t already been doing to try to induce that? That’s clearly the end goal, but you need a plan to actually execute it. If I was stuck on a desert island with finite resources and I asked you how to solve the problem of not being on the mainland, I’d need more direction than just “Duh, just get back on the mainland”.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Hey, I'm just a lurker on this discussion, but I'm going to assume you're asking an honest question here and not sealioning. If you really want to take action, I'd recommend looking at changing policy at the local level. I believe California has recently passed a couple laws that do things like disallow mandatory gratuities for large groups, and increase minimum wage for service workers. So if you want action items:

  • easy: look up the specifics of those California laws, and look up similar laws across the country, and see if any of them could fly in your municipality or state. next time the politicians come calling, say: "what are you doing to implement [policy]?"
  • medium: if you don't think any existing policies would solve the problem, then try to think of what policy would.
  • hard: instead of tipping, save up that cash, keep track of it. figure out what organizations in your region could help implement those policies, contact them directly, and tell those organizations that you've saved up money that you're willing to donate to help implement better policies.
[-] [email protected] -2 points 3 days ago

You're being awfully condescending for someone who's both naïve enough to consider the halfassery and broken promises of your typical "moderate" Democrat "have already been trying" and inconsiderate enough to want to change the system by coordinated inconveniencing of some of the already most harassed people.

Desert island or not, your "solution" makes it WORSE without accomplishing anything positive in return.

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