Why are you saying "In theory"? and "Supposed to"? Wouldn't not making up the difference in these cases be illegal?

What I'm hearing is that if everyone decided not to tip, then servers would(should) still walk away with minimum wage. So servers aren't incentivised to change the system because sometimes they take away more than minimum?

Except the same is true for other tipping cultures, minimum living wage is garunteed, tips are extra.

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.

I'm talking about a standardized minimum living wage that applies to all labour.

Is there a different minimum wage depending on what work you do in the US?

Oh what ever shall we do? The cash registers are bursting with cash due to the influx of visitors... but they're not tipping the servers.

I see absolutely no way that employers could make the situation fairer for servers, even if it were only for the duration of the event.

Gosh, if only there were some way!

I mean, rather than a spanking, maybe you could just make a law to make employers pay a livable wage?

If they can't because they would go out of business, then they should go out of business.

So introduce a minimum wage.

This is hilarious. I have difficulty beliving this is what Americans do before every visit to a restaurant.

And what gets me is that it's not even to ensure that the employer is providing a living wage to their employees! It's to ensure that you, as the customer, are adequetly supplementing the wage of your server, so that they don't end up homeless.

Is this what stockholm syndrome feels like?

The "abuser" in this situation is the employer that doesn't pay enough so that their employees can pay rent and then shrugging it off as if there is nothing that can be done. As if there is a law stopping them from paying a fair wage.

They know that the server will stay on a less than livable wage because otherwise they'll fire them and find someone else who is desperate. This is predatory behaviour.

By not tipping I am not "siding with the exploitative business". Continuing to perpetuate this "culture of tipping" is, however.

I DO already boycott all businesses that make servers rely on tips for a livable wage. I do also tip servers for good service, but it is in addition to their wage, not to make up what the employer refuses to pay.

It really is that easy.

If they need tips to make a living, then their employer isn't paying a living wage. I don't see how that's the customer's fault.

It's true that the only person getting hurt by this failed system is the server... and perhaps the reputation of the industry as a whole.

You made something that is normally optional, mandatory - but only in expectation. Add it to the bill or make it a legal requirement if it must be paid.

No, we'll just shame anyone who refuses to tip (as is their right, apparently) or who isn't aware of the "US tipping culture" (which is different from the rest of the world's tipping culture).

I can't believe you're really taking his comment seriously?! He made a post about Santa's reindeer and sleigh vaporizing due to the speed of travel. It's supposed to be absurd, not a science lesson.

It's a little ironic that you say NDT is annoying for his joke while complaining that his math (from a joke) does'nt make sense.

Shed a tear for Hitler. He too was a human who was assassinated by the far right.

There are plenty of alternatives to alcohol that can be used to get high. People just lack imagination.

I'm sure poutine tastes great but this picture just looks like a bowl of human teeth to me.

Do the words "disastrous" and "failing miserably" really make you think what they did would be a good fit for your company?

To each their own, I suppose?

Except he/she aren't words used to describe a person's body, so what is your point?

The point of the made up saying is to demonstrate that LLMs are just yes men.

What if you mishear a saying or phrase you hear in the street? You ask an LLM and it confidently tells you some BS about what it means, how often it's used, and it's origins. Even providing sources that lead to, at best, unrelated phrases.

How is that helpful?

A real person would likely say, "I've never heard that one before" rather than try to gaslight you (hopefully!)

So all this does is create a black market for tech. People with the knowledge of how to set up this technology will provide it as a service for those who don't.

It's the same as trying to outright ban drugs. Those who can provide for those who cannot (for a fee).

It really depends on the kind of meeting or why the meeting is being held.

I guess it's fine if you are just being talked at for the entire meeting and there is no expectation for your input (but at that point maybe this meeting could've just been an email?).

Also, kids today still know what a phone is and what its used for. It doesn't take a genius to realise that phone boxes aren't needed anymore now that everyone has a phone in their pocket.

7.1mph on average. That doesn't mean they never reach the speed limit.

In theory, increasing the speed limit will also increase the average speed ( as long as they are able to make use of the extra limit).

Credit where credit is due.