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Originally Posted by Eric
It seems as if you equate tipping with charity ... and while I agree that people in the service sector deserve a decent wage, tipping is not a "donation," nor charity, it is a gratuity. If one follows and allows your argument, it seems as if one must punish the underpaid worker by not tipping in order to sent a "message" to the employer! Don't throw a crust to the starving man; let his starvation act as a beacon to the crusaders of social justice. Point is, and this is only opinion, one can tip and work to improve the system at the same time.
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the Chambers Dictionary defines charity as "the donation of goods, money etc to those in need: alms or alms giving:" Not my definition.
If we don't tip, ultimately we 'punish' not the employee but the employer as staff will soon move to other jobs offering better wages or better conditions and the service sector has a large pool of unfilled vacancies so it is not that they can not do so. Ultimately, to survive the employer would have to improve pay and conditions.
So each time you tip you stop the employee obtaining better pay and conditions therefore supporting a corrupt system.