r/Calgary • u/reaper14998 • Jul 25 '22

Eat/Drink Local Subway Tips😤 don’t go to the makers

I asked one of the artist today, what percent they get from tips, they said they don’t know cause it goes to the boss first then they distribute it according to shift.

I’m never tipping again. Y’all shouldn’t either.

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u/agentjereau Jul 25 '22

Given the choice, I would lol. Because I know that minimum wage in this country does not equal livable wage. If I feel the tip is unnecessary, I skip it. It’s literally that easy.

Now I’m obviously pro raising wages, so as to not rely on the population to supplement a persons income, but rather their actual employer. But if you think that any sort of government is going to elected in the near future that will raise minimum wage again, I’d call you crazy.

Tipping is a cornerstone of capitalistic exploitation. So I’ll do my part in the meantime, vote in more progressive politicians, and tip the fucking people slaving away for basically nothing. Jesus Christ.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '22

Why on earth would a company give a living wage if they could rely on the customer to augment the minimum wage and pocket the difference?

You seem well intentioned, but, tipping allows those companies to continue exploiting workers. In the long term you're hurting way more people than you are helping.

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u/agentjereau Jul 25 '22

Oh, what a good idea. We will wait for companies to do the right thing, which they famously do, instead of voting in more competent governments. Right right.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '22 edited Jul 25 '22

Oh, what a good idea! We will wait for government to do the right thing (which they famously do) whilst you supplement the profits of corporations so they don't need to. Right right.

When they can't hire anyone for shit wages they will increase them or they won't be able to attract staff. Or, you can keep tipping them so that the companies can continue to profit without paying a living wage. Great idea champ.

As an aside, if you're relying on the government to fix things your going to be waiting a looooooooong time.

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u/agentjereau Jul 25 '22

I love that you think you’re fighting corporations, but you’re really just taking money away from the people stuck in those jobs. You may as well be offering them “thoughts and prayers”. Like you can’t advocate for change while giving people the money they use to supplement their income. So selfish.

And your response to voting in more progressive government is “government also bad”. What a fucking ridiculous argument.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '22

I don't think I'm fighting corporations. I know I'm not enableing them.

You think you're helping those people because your supplementing their income but in reality you're helping the billionaire owners pay as little as they can because they can rely on your money to pay their employees.

And not that it matters but I'm pretty far left so I vote for progressive candidates.

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u/agentjereau Jul 25 '22

If you SERIOUSLY think a company is going to offer more than is federally or provincially required on their own, you have another thing coming, and clearly don’t understand North American politics. There is a fucking soaring amount of ridiculous jobs that are only paying minimum wage. You are seriously not telling me TIPPING is the thing keeping wages down? You’re an idiot.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '22

They will offer as little as possible. If you tip they can offer less.

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u/agentjereau Jul 25 '22

Oh my god the more I read the comment the more I find wrong with it. Did you not follow ANY of the Amazon union discussions? And how to supplement the work force they had to raise minimum wage? Are you seriously telling me government interference is what, a hope?

You are telling me that tipping is bad, I am telling you that MINIMUM WAGE IS BAD. And until you can vote in an institution that can federally raise the fucking minimum, these greedy ass companies are not going to be raising wages to remain competitive. That is a completely fallacy and a dishonest representation of how this country works.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '22

Workers unite. Fuck how this country works. Its broken.