• angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com
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    3 days ago

    You, tourist, not tipping ain’t gonna change shit, it just leaves a working class person hungry. At this particular World Cup it’s probably an at least somewhat well off customer leaving a working class person hungry, given how expensive tickets are.

    You know what would end tipping culture? Unions. Act annoyed that it hasn’t happened if you want, but it’s not yours to change. For as much as Europeans like to lecture Americans about ineffective protest methods, they think doing something that benefits only them is a protest method. Don’t go to restaurants in America if you can’t accept this. Yeah I know, Lemmy people don’t visit America, blah blah blah royal you.

    I don’t normally like generalizing people based on country or continent but I read it so damn much that I really stop giving a fuck when the people doing it reveal themselves to be massive hypocrites. It’s like listening to a “do as I say not as I do” parent. (btw what’s up with y’all condemning nativism in America and then falling hook line and sinker for it when it’s your countries? I see that a lot. Yeah I know, Statue of Liberty poem, but the racist narratives are bullshit everywhere.) If the way I lean is a sign of entitlement, I better see you willing to confront YOUR entitlement.

    • Atomic@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      No one is thinking that tourists will change your lack of labour laws. You’re just feeling pissy because tourism for the Epstein Cup keeps highlighting everything fucked with the US. You, and this article are fantastic examples of what’s wrong.

      You’re defaulting to blaming the tourists for not tipping, rather than the employers that dont pay their staff, or the legal framework that allows it to take place.

      The resturants are all full with tourists. Clearly there’s more than enough turnover and profit to pay staff with…

      As for the last thing you wrote. I have no idea wtf you’re talking about. Maybe you should check if your house/apartment has lead paint. That would explain a lot