(yeah i know leftbook is generally bad and no i didn't expect anything better but still)

Yes, employers should be paying delivery drivers way more instead of other working-class people making up the difference. Yes, the US system of tipping and the fact that service workers rely so heavily on tips is fucked up. No, that doesn't give you an excuse to not tip the person who's bringing you your treats.

Multiple people called this meme "ableist" and "classist" :agony-shivering: and even more are saying "delivery driving's way easier than making the food and sometimes they deliver it to the wrong place!!! so they don't deserve to be paid more!"!!

If your arguments sound exactly the same as a chud's, you are not a leftist, you are a propaganda mouthpiece for billionaires that would love to see you drop dead. Shut the actual fuck up you PMC radlib swine. /rant

  • KoboldKomrade [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Oh I don't for a second believe any of the money I give to gig companies go to workers. But it should. But tipping is just subsidizing them not paying.

    And really? "Tip or you dont get the treats"? Guess poor people shouldn't interact with anything from Amazon to Debbie's Bookbarn since they all exploit workers and all contribute to jackboot politicians. Real :improve-society: vibes.

    • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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      3 years ago

      Except by not paying workers to personally deliver your treats you are directly taking part in exploiting them where in those examples its just their employers. With service workers your patronizing of them is the majority of their income and withholding that and going "ummmm well its not my fault they're actually coming out of pocket to deliver this burger to me" is not justification for it

      In america we're subject to the tip system thats the bottom line. one should have solidarity with their fellow worker and help them at their job not take advantage of the system to get shit out of their fellow worker at their expense and bending over backwards looking for laws where employers should do one thing or another to justify not tipping, especially when you can go get it yourself as an alternative.

      You got real "never worked for tips" vibes

      • KoboldKomrade [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        You got real “never worked for tips” vibes You got real "Poor people shouldn't have luxuries " vibes. Tipping should be abolished, and pretty easily can if people stop supporting it. But hey, clearly neither of us are going to change our minds at this point. I'll keep tipping, you keep tipping.

        • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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          3 years ago

          been poor my whole life have you? the point is if I am poor, and i'm getting paid to deliver shit, and some dumbass doesn't pay me to deliver it i'm gonna be pissed. And it's a shitty thing to do.

          tipping should be abolished, but not paying them isn't some "vote with your dollar" shit whereby not "supporting it" is gonna fix it. What kind of smooth brained libshit is that? lmfao

          I’ll keep tipping,

          see that you do