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Old 06-27-2023, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Laker14 View Post
And your perspective is flawed because it pretends the world is as you would design it, instead of acknowledging that the world is as it is.
Oh, I do tip. Not because it's the way it should be, but because that is the custom of our time. A custom that hail back to a time when lords and ladies might reward with a gift, some servant that pleased them. Having to rely on the generosity of strangers for gifts reinforces old class distinctions.
My argument is simply philosophical. Expecting the employer to pay their employee for what they do for the business seems appropriate. After all, when a server at the jewelry counter at a department store brings you the watch you buy, do you tip them or do they get paid buy the store?