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minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoBusiness owners lobbied to get waiters to be paid below minimum wage. Using the argument that they got tips anyway. They are the whole reason the tipping culture exists in the US.
minus-squareRediphile@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAnd how were they able to make the argument ‘they get tips anyway’? My understanding is it arose during the great depression, and then they kept it going afterwards.
Business owners lobbied to get waiters to be paid below minimum wage. Using the argument that they got tips anyway.
They are the whole reason the tipping culture exists in the US.
And how were they able to make the argument ‘they get tips anyway’? My understanding is it arose during the great depression, and then they kept it going afterwards.