GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
Ok, I reread the article ... I think the word "abolish" is misleading. They just renamed it and made it mandatory. They didn't abolish it, they didn't take it away or end it.
They did abolish tipping. Charging a mandatory fee is not tipping.
I guess my original point is simply that true service positions, not retail or customer service, should be tipped. If I get a really good massage, I'm going to tip the person more than just the run of the mill massage. If I get a good hair cut, I'm going to tip that person. When I was a good bartender, I got tipped better. If my bar had said, there is going to be a flat 18% put on every tab, I would have been fine with that and probably more empowered to help those servers that were struggling. The people I tip, I am dependent on them for good service. If I get a grouchy check out lady or a lazy bag boy, it doesn't impact me.
How about a grouchy hospital nurse or a lazy teacher? What is a "true service position"?
Sorry if I contradicted myself. I was agreeing with the article, as were they. Others started the conversation about actually not tipping, that's what I was speaking against. Make sense?
And as a teacher, I would love to be tipped ...
I was just thinking about that. Lawyers, doctors, nurses and teachers all provide services. Why is it people with little or no education or power have to depend on the kindness of strangers?