• Obituarykidney@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I’m sorry but THEFT OF SERVICE???

    America needs to pay its fucking staff already. That is not the customers responsibility. The customer should have already paid the wages, the taxes, the food cost, and the profit as part of the bill. That’s how every other business and every other country runs.

    “Theft of service” is wild, and is putting the blame back on the customer as the employee, who is now not getting paid for their labour, complains to his manager about it (the one who should be paying the wages).

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      It says theft of services. Food is a service, that’s why they serve it to you. They stole the whole meal.

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      You’re ranting about tipping culture and tipping wages… Which isn’t the issue here.

      Did you miss the part saying the customer walked out on the check? They didn’t pay for anything. That is textbook theft of services.

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      Don’t get me wrong, I grew up in a southern baptist family and I agree, Christians are self important, entitled, cunts that use religion as an excuse to be horrible.

      But I moved to Australia as a teen and have worked in hospitality for over 15 years and the entire time I have been paid a reasonable wage. Before I went salaried in management positions (over ten years ago now), my minimum wage as a bartender was $37 per hour. And the customers got some of the best service they’ve ever had because I loved the job and didn’t need to beg them to be paid.