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A comment on UK hotels adding service charge to room rate. Parent comment

Re:UK hotels adding service charge to room rate by chillwaves on Monday September 13, 2021 @09:07PM (#28518950)
How many people working in a restaurant get tips?

I am sure there are winners and losers, but on the balance, paying a fair wage beats tipping.

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Re:UK hotels adding service charge to room rate by refurb on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @12:24AM (#28520206)
It depends on the restaurant, but I know plenty of friends who would be screwed by eliminating tipping. On a busy night they could take home 2-3x their base rate in tips.

Bumping up their pay by 50% and eliminating tips would be worse for them.

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