I love how the only commenter in this thread disputing the article is doing so by calling it propaganda and linking to… A propaganda mill.
The fact that a country has a minimum wage but then allows employers to ignore it because some staff gets tips is mind boggling.
A tip should be extra, not the default.
And I can imagine this is a powerfull tool so you can deny an “uppity negro” their tip because they looked at you funny or you don’t like how they have their hair.
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/american-institute-for-economic-research/
Anything below mostly factual gets a no from me dawg.
Our ruling: True
Based on our research, the claim that tipping became popularized by restaurant owners who didn’t want to pay Black workers after the passage of the 15th Amendment is generally TRUE, though more context is helpful.
Yeah, tipping has become a substitute used by owners to avoid paying employees living wages. In the US, at least, you don’t tip because you got exceptional service; you tip because you know tips fill out the average employee’s salary. Or because it’s expected and you feel like a cheap bastard if you don’t; either way, business owners capitalize on it and lie to prospective employees about income by including “expected” tipping revenue.
You didn’t read my link. Literally disputes those fact checkers.
Confirmation bias is a powerful effect one has to actively fight against. It’s a fight against oneself and should be fought for anything that feels too good to be true.
Or not and stay angry at the wrong things for the wrong reasons. Choice is yours.
The first fact checker is not saying anything about this article at all, and is not refuted in the article you linked. What they are saying is that American Institute for Economic Research is an unreliable source. After attempting to read what you linked I’m inclined to agree.
Your article was so poorly written that I couldn’t get through it. I did skim enough to determine that the author’s main point is: tipping existed before the end of slavery. That fact is not in dispute and has nothing to do with OP’s article.
The American Institute for Economic Research(AIER) is a libertarian think tank located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1933 by Edward C. Harwood, an economist and investment advisor, and is a [501©(3)] nonprofit. Since January 2022, the organization’s president has been William P. Ruger.
It has promoted climate change denial and was known for the Great Barrington Declaration and misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.