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wolfy42 posted...

First, all jobs should have to pay minimum wage. It is that way in WA where I live, In CA as well and I think in Oregon.

Second about 50% of americans make within 5$ of minimum wage. Anyone making within that amount should be exempt from tipping, period.

IF you make more than 20$ an hour (or equivalent per year (20*40=800*52=about 42k), you should tip. That should ALSO be determined based on how much you actually make as well. 5% for anyone making 40k-60k, 10% for anyone making 60k-80k, 15% for anyone making 80k-100k and 20% for anyone making 100k an up.

Most of my life I worked jobs where I didn't make as much as the people I was tipping, and I always tipped at least 5$ or 18-20% (rounded up) whichever was greater. I did that while I was making 30k as a teacher, I did it when I was making 15$/hr as an electronic tech (min wage was much lower then), I did it now when I was making $9/hr (12 total, but wyzant takes 25% of what you make, so it ends up being $9 an hour).

Considering the people I was tipping get at least $15 an hour base here and tips that generally blow that away, that is totally not fair no matter how you look at it. I still tip because I have had many friends who work jobs with tips and bad tip days, and not getting tips, can really ruin their days/make them unhappy.

Basically in America you either tip, or you make someone upset because you didn't.

That is wrong, especially for about 50% of the population.

Tipping should only be done by the wealthy who have more money then the people being tipped. My friend who worked at a mcmellons got about 600$ a night in tips in 6 hours, worked 3 days a week, and didn't even count/care about his base pay at all.

Tipping positions often pay more than attorneys for many years after they get their license, doctors and in some cases even engineers. People in tech jobs that have gone to school, incurred expenses and worked in the field for 10 years are making 40-60k a year. A good tipping job can make that much working part time.

I rarely if ever eat out now, considering I barely go into town twice a month, and don't usually eat out when there. Tipping $5 isn't breaking my bank, it makes a $15 meal cost $20 (I literally just leave a 20 for a 14.66$ bill). It's not a huge impact on me or my life, but I still think it needs to change, because it's just rediculous how many people who are making near min wage are tipping people who make so much more then them. It's not fair at all.

how about businesses have transparent prices for customers and transparent wages for employees, with no tipping nonsense involved. Then everyone knows what they labor is worth and what their money will get them. Everyone wins!

well at least some respect can be granted to someone who does the bare minimum of property management duties, which is at least some amount of work

which is better than landlords who literally do nothing but pay someone else to manage the property, then collect the profits from rent

my favorite song is Frozen

Jen0125 posted...

Everywhere asks for tips. I literally saw a tiktok of a landlord saying we should tip landlords with rent. Everyone wants more.

doesn't the landlord know that rent already is their tip?

wait, tip isn't the right word. tips are for services provided, and landlords don't provide a service in the first place

lawns are almost as dumb as cars so it's funny you chose that example

I got preowned jabra elite active 65t from an eBay deal for like $60 and it came with a two year warranty

one of the buds went quiet and I submitted a claim, and they said they'd reimburse me $54 and let me keep the buds, or get no money if I mailed them in for a replacement

I took the cash and attempted self repair afterwards

they work fine again now and they only cost me $6 in the end

Muscles posted...

Cars are great, especially ICE engines, hybrids are lame, like who looks at a prius and thinks it's a badass car?

Muscle/pony/sports cars are what people buy if money isn't an issue

I don't think any car is badass, what is badass about using the least possible amount of physical effort to move your body

and do you think looking badass is worth the cost of nearly $1,000 per month?

yes, better than fully ICE but still bad because it's still a car

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live with friends as roommates and/or a partner and save hundreds of thousands of dollars

I'm not sure what you mean, blue collar gay men also go to clubs

I don't think I was ambiguous

drive throughs are a blight on society, actively worsening the cities they are placed in.

maybe some consider it risky, for some reason, to bet your entire livelihood on another person, without whom you couldn't buy food or pay rent?

I don't hate my job yet

I don't have a car

yes

Fierce_Deity_08 posted...

Id be good with it. I dont mind needles at all (unless an idiot nurse cant find the vein in my arm and goes digging for it). If I could get them the same day it would be great because I wouldnt have to drive an hour to my doctors office twice.

you can get them at basically any pharmacy, no need to go to a doctor

if your recipe doesn't involve melty pasteurized cheese product or sodium citrate, then I don't want your gritty separated mac n cheese

BUMPED2002 posted...

I agree! I went to get a 24 pak of cokes and was stunned when they were priced at $13.99 so I then went to Costco and got a 35 pak for like $15 or $16 so what is wrong here.

These companies are now price gouging and that's the ugliness when you allow monopolies to control the marketplace because if you're the only one selling something, you can inflate the price and make up reasons why you do so.

I'm not sure where the 'price gouging' is in this example. You had access to a product through multiple retailers who set their prices. You responded by going with the cheaper option.

Your complaint is that the first retailer set their prices higher? Even though they didn't get your money?

Is "price gouging" just the label you give to things you dislike?

businesses have always increased prices when possible to maximize their returns. this is nothing new. demand outstrips supply, and prices go up.

I sympathize with people who are hurting when paying for groceries, but not if that consumer shows zero price elasticity for specific goods that aren't necessary. like someone will say "beef is so expensive right now" and that should mean you instead buy something else. you continuing to spend your money on something would suggest that the price is obviously not too high. I see something that's priced too high and I change my plans on what I'm eating that week, and that should be the norm. This is neglecting the point that generally meat should be quite expensive due to how inefficient it is to produce.

aside from quitting cigarettes or alcohol, getting an annual flu/covid shot (which you can do at the same time!) is one of the greatest bang for your buck health interventions out there. Knowingly avoiding them requires very poor judgment.