[The service charge is] an added fee controlled by the restaurant that helps facilitate a higher living base wage
Great! I don’t need to tip because they already pay their employees a fair wage.
[The service charge is] an added fee controlled by the restaurant that helps facilitate a higher living base wage
Great! I don’t need to tip because they already pay their employees a fair wage.
Alternative option: the service fee is the tip because there’s no way I’m paying more than what’s on that bill.
Restaurant: $11 cannelloni and $6 beer.
Lemmy: fuck the rich for paying these high prices!
There is nothing communist about that. He’s not advocating abolishing private ownership. Businesses and workers both operate in the free market, which allows workers to advocate for their position in the market.
The free market doesn’t exist in a communist economy. Communism uses a planned economy, so the government strongly regulates both businesses and workers. This eliminates workers’ leverage over employers.
It’s a hospital. They don’t tow because they charge you on the way out. This guy’s estate is going to be broke!
That sounds like the exact same amount of steps as tipping.