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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
Your view assumes they are "exploiting employees" which is a wildly subjective concept. Just ask any teen who's being asked to clean up his/her own crap or take out the garbage.
I am not in the business of paying other peoples employees. If someone sells coffee for $5.00 a cup, that's my obligation. I order it, they give it to me. Everything beyond that is on the individual.
If you want to run around throwing money at people all day long to clear your conscience, that's fine. But just to do that because you feel any minimum wage job should be paying a livable wage? That's not me. I tip for people who give great service and where tipping is customary. I don't go around throwing money at people out of pity.
BTW... i checked my lunch bill for today. $19.00. I tipped $4.00. They always go out of their way to take care of me, I acknowledge it and show my appreciation for the effort. But I don't "owe" them something just because they might be trying to turn a low wage job into a career, that's on them.
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In the end you are entitled to your opinion and what you decide to do with your money. The biggest problem I have with what you have said is that you seem to look down upon those who perform these jobs. That's entirely your right but it seems a little judgmental to me and I think you should reconsider. Not everything is about money and someone isn't necessarily a "failure" because they work as a waitress. That is a very disrespectful attitude and unfortunate.