He knows MS missed the AI train.

Nobody likes copilot.

Anyone reminded of AOL buying Time Warner?

I remember xAI merging with Twitter. Does that count?

I'm not going to pretend to know the right answer to the fixing the system, but I'm pretty sure further exploiting the workers trying to pay rent and put food on their own tables while contributing to the profits of the ones doing the exploiting isn't it.

I'm not sure where you're getting anything about spitting in your food, typically in a sit down restaurant the bill and tip are reconciled at the end of the meal so there's no opportunity for that even if they wanted to.

The great depression and ensuring promptness are all out of order and incorrect. The term itself is from the 17th century, and in America, it gained popularity because of racism (because of course it did) after the civil war.

https://www.tiphaus.com/...

https://www.todayifoundout.com/...

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tip-sheet/

And are you implying that being expected to tip is the same as being raped? That seems like a pretty unhinged take on the situation, even with the "less horrific" disclaimer. But I guess if that's the direction we're headed the waitstaff deserve to get shafted and that girl shouldn't have been wearing a skirt, or walking alone at night, or having a drink, or whatever justification you want to offer, right?

I said in theory and supposed to because if it's happening regularly then either you're providing terrible service and about to get fired or the restaurant isn't bringing in enough customers and isn't going to make it much longer.

So servers aren't incentivised to change the system because sometimes they take away more than minimum?

It's been a long time since I worked in a restaurant but when I did it was a mid-high end place and they were definitely making more than minimum wage.

I'm not going to pretend I know what the answer is, but a few people just not tipping here and there isn't it.

Seems like the US has the same outcome in terms of meeting minimum wage but with many complications and without the legal protections for the employee.

Ideally, yes. But those complications and missing protections really screw things up.

They've wasted time serving you for $2.13/hr when they could have been serving someone who was going to tip then instead of being a prick about it.

Yeah, for jobs that are expected to rely on tips federal minimum is $2.13 with the expectation that tips will bring you higher. In theory if wages + tips don't cover the spread to $7.25 (general minimum wage) the employer is supposed to cover the difference.

https://www.dol.gov/...

Victim blaming is always the easy solution, isn't it.

Maybe if they don't want to work there anymore they could. But until they're all part of the SEIU or similar the owner/manager has all the power in their relationship.

Yeah, the system is broken, but you fucking over the person at the bottom doesn't make you some sort of hero. You're no better than the assholes leaving Chick Tracts instead of cash.

Minimum wage for servers is significantly lower than regular minimum wage. In theory they are supposed to get paid to make up the difference if the tips don't cover it.

I mean, that's basically what airlines did when they started charging $20 for checked baggage so they could get the price Expedia shows to be as low as possible.

As an American I've never heard the term cabin bag before. But I'm sure they'll find a way to charge me extra for it.

A quick Google search on her name turns up enough that this seems legit.

Her name is right there in the summary and I trust you to find Google (technically I used DuckDuckGo) on your own.

There are a bunch of links related to this particular story, but also wrestling related links from 5+ years ago, a linkedin page, Facebook, Instagram, etc.

Could it all be faked? Sure, but that seems like an awful lot of effort for not much of a payoff.

“Unlike under Obama and Biden, the National Park Service is actually maintaining the beautifully completed Reflecting Pool,” the spokesperson told The Independent. “To keep the water in the Reflecting Pool not only crystal clear but also clean, we are deploying high-tech nanobubble ozone technology. This technology is actively killing algae, pathogens (e.g., E. coli), and contaminants that have long plagued the Reflecting Pool since 1922, most infamously, the Obama pool reopening that resulted in massive algae clumps taking over the pool’s surface following years of construction that cost taxpayers millions upon millions only to be broken and disgusting days later.”

Why does every dipshit in this administration have the exact same speech pattern?

Ross Perot in '92 maybe?

They don't care about the Nicks

I'm guessing you don't either? New York Knicks

Yes, siphon money away from the people protecting you. That's a great idea!

The situation sucks, but until there's a mass movement to stop it, not tipping only hurts the people at the bottom.

If you don't want to enable it the answer is to not eat out, not to screw over the waitstaff who are counting on it to make rent.

Fuck those waiters I guess, right?

Are you intentionally proving his point?

The owners are the bad actors but the only person getting screwed when you don't tip is the server.

Don't want to tip, don't eat out. It's pretty simple.