Should ban the tips if it’s not included in “hidden fees”, and force restaurants to pay proper wages like other workers.

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seattle_spring 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The "and" is very important here. Places like Seattle now mandate servers get a real wage. It inexplicably hasn't changed tip culture at all, so now they get regular wages and still complain when someone doesn't tip 20%+ for a takeout order.

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mmmattt 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The mandate stipulates that they can get minimum wage, I wouldn’t call that a “regular” wage, and certainly not a livable one.

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paulfri 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Seattle and its surrounding cities have among the highest minimum wages in the entire world (~$22/hour). You're maybe not renting a studio apartment by yourself but it is far from destitution.

	▲	tzs 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You can get a pretty decent 1 bedroom apartment in the U district of Seattle on $22/hour, such as [1]. [1] https://collegeplaceapartments.managebuilding.com/Resident/p...
	▲	mschuster91 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		A full-time job should allow at least for a moderate place of living alone, otherwise it's not a minimum wage.

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FireBeyond 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I mean it's still rough if you want to live close to downtown, but it's also $21.30/hr and going to go up in 2027.

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senordevnyc 8 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

I hate tip culture too, but I don’t blame the employees for it. I never tip for takeout, counter service, retail, etc, and I’ve never actually had anyone complain or so much as make a face.

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bijowo1676 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

for service workers, up to 25k in tips can be deducted from taxable income ("no tax on tips")

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dmboyd 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Why should customers need to care about a store’s employees tax bracket

	▲	throwaway27448 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Because that's the shithole we live in. If you don't like it, take your head out of your ass and crucify a politician or move

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rafram 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

From 2025 to 2028, in a specific list of qualified occupations, as long as your AGI is below $150,000.

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IncreasePosts 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Is there something about serving people food that means you should get a tax break? Or is that just a holdover of cash tipping to kindly get servers to actually declare the full value if their tips as wages instead of just saying they magically weren't tipped all year