Actually, they’re saying boycott those businesses instead of supporting them, so that maybe actual change can happen. Those business owners only care about their bottom line, it’s just that the people with the power to actually effect that bottom line instead say “here’s a tip, get a better job” to the lowest person on the ladder.
But the other person has a point. It’s every business nowadays trying to subsidize employee wages with tips. So as a customer we’re not supposed to go anywhere? How is that possible? I’ll not cross the picket line, but I also need to buy food and groceries and live my life.
And if every business is doing it, it’s not realistic to tell consumers to just stop going to every business.
I don’t know how you can say “boycott those businesses” with a straight face when asking for tips has become so pervasive in every customer-facing industry.
Actually, they’re saying boycott those businesses instead of supporting them, so that maybe actual change can happen. Those business owners only care about their bottom line, it’s just that the people with the power to actually effect that bottom line instead say “here’s a tip, get a better job” to the lowest person on the ladder.
But the other person has a point. It’s every business nowadays trying to subsidize employee wages with tips. So as a customer we’re not supposed to go anywhere? How is that possible? I’ll not cross the picket line, but I also need to buy food and groceries and live my life.
I don’t know how you can say “boycott those businesses” with a straight face when asking for tips has become so pervasive in every customer-facing industry.