tipping

Having worked in the service industry way back in the sixties for US$13.50 per day, tips really helped. I can afford leaving 20%, so that's what I do.

Minimum wages for service jobs in many parts of the US ought to be embarrassment in a civil society. Employers profiteer from the exploitation of low-paid workers. I expect that many of us have see a copy of the notice one restaurateur posted imploring customers to tip generously because the service staff couldn’t live on their wages.

Imagine, “Please pay my employees. I don’t want to.”