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If a business or industry claims it just can’t make ends meet without exploiting its workers, then our answer should be the same as when southern plantation owners made the same ‘economic’ argument. (mstdn.ca)

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[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-does-tipping-still-exist-update/

They've been covering it a while, I think that's the most recent version.
You've basically got it- consumers are stupid. Even though tipping doesn't correlate to better service, people want to perceive that non-existant power to guarantee non-existent quality.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Whoa, fascinating, thank you! I never actually thought about the power dynamic...it kind of makes sense especially for what I see at bars sometimes where some douche thinks tipping extra might get him the bartender's phone number or something.