*dramatic eyeroll*

[conuly]

I'm not entirely sure that the service was as bad as he says (though the comment at the end was out of line), but that's not the point. I could be wrong here, I often am. The point is that this guy has a crazy idea that if you don't like your job, you can just leave and get a better one. If your boss isn't paying you adaquately, you can just call in the authorities and everything will be all right, because there's this law.

I'm not sure if I'm laughing or crying here, but whatever I'm doing, at least I'm doing it in the real world.

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[leora.livejournal.com]

I hate the culture of tipping. I hate it so much that I will actively avoid services that expect tips. However, when I do use them, I tip, because you have to. I would be much happier, and much more likely to use various services if the wages were built into the prices, and tipping were not required.

Although, I do think it's crass and unamaerican. Tipping used to be seen as something done in Europe. It was inappropriate in an egalitarian society of equals. To tip someone was to insult them. They did their job for the pride of doing it.

That idea is so long gone that it's decomposed. But I wish we could go back to that. Pay people well, and then maybe they'll try to do a good job. And it makes the math easier when you go to buy something. Plus less social awkwardness.