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3:55 · 16M views · Jan 12, 2015
An Adam Ruins Everything segment arguing that tipping should be banned. It covers the history of tipping, its weak link to service quality, and why employers should pay a fair wage.
Recommended in tipping threads as a fast, entertaining, sourced case against tipping culture.
7 comments from Hacker News
> I'd also like to live in a world where waitstaff didn't rely on tips to make minimum wage, let alone a living wage. I don't. You do, mostly. I believe it's just the USA where obligatory "tipping" is a thing. I learnt a bit about the history of tipping from Adam Ruins Everything S01E05 Adam Ruins Restaurants, highly recommended. Excerpt about tipping, <4mins: this video (Yes, his style is a lil in-your-face, but the content is excellent, and often shows onscreen the title and author of papers referenced - how many shows do that?!)
Tipping is the worst possible thing for everyone involved. Your employer should be paying you a living wage, not expecting the customers to do so with tips. I highly recommend you check out this video: this video Tipping doesn't really say much about a person other than how easily they fall for societal pressure and guilt.
"Why Tipping Should Be Banned", by Adam Ruins Everything is worth watching if you are of the school of thought that tipping is bad: this video The gist of the video is that if you're tipping, then a waiter/waitress for example is not being paid enough, and tips are deliberately designed to bolster their unfair income.
A fast and entertaining take on this topic: "Why Tipping Should Be Banned - Adam Ruins Everything" - this video
Isn't this article really more about the problem with the food service industry relying on tips instead of paying their workers a proper wage. this video Postmates isn't intentionally preying on the industry, the industry was set-up this way, with the expectation of tips being paid by customers, but the model is changing. If the restaurants charged the actual price they expect to get for their product, then the issue would become what the couriers get paid, which may be too low, but then the market would/should decide on what is fair.