• @snooggums@midwest.social
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    126 months ago

    Tons of people do this for bartenders that open bottles for them, or poor liquid from the tap into a glass. coffee shops are similar enough settings that people will often do it out of habit.

    The difference of course being that bartenders get paid barely anything and tips are expected to be the majority of their income while baristas are supposed to be paid regular wages.

    Personally I would rather every job including service jobs be paid a living wage with tips going away entirely.

    • @can@sh.itjust.works
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      46 months ago

      I doubt she opened his water for him lol. Bars feel different though since I’m likely to get more than one drink and a tip ensures I won’t have to wait for my next.

    • @Someone@lemmy.ca
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      16 months ago

      Are there any provinces that still have a lower minimum wage for alcohol servers? BC got rid of that years ago.

      Unless you mean minimum wage in general is barely anything.

      • @snooggums@midwest.social
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        16 months ago

        Minimum wage in general is barely anything, and traditionally tipped positions are likely to be minimum wage.

        Even if wages were closer, the tipping mindset is going to be hard to shake for people who spent decades tipping those jobs. Habits are habits.

        • @Someone@lemmy.ca
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          36 months ago

          Right, but unless I’m misunderstanding you, I don’t understand why we should be tipping bartenders but not baristas. The amount of work and skill required seems comparable (I’ve never done either so I can’t say that definitively), they’re almost the same job with different ingredients.

          • @snooggums@midwest.social
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            06 months ago

            Sigh.

            I was just trying to point out why some people might do something out of habit.

            All jobs should be paid enough that tipping can just go away. Yes, both bartenders and baristas have similar skills and should get similar pay.

            • @Someone@lemmy.ca
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              26 months ago

              Ahh, that makes sense. It was the second part that threw me off.

              The difference of course being that bartenders get paid barely anything and tips are expected to be the majority of their income while baristas are supposed to be paid regular wages.