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Re:The Tipping Point: The Economics of Taxi Fares by bpodgursky on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @02:43PM (#29896734)
Businesses don't have to pressure employees into taking tips rather than wages. Employees almost never pay taxes on (cash) tips... it's a feature, to most service employees.

It doesn't make it good, at a system level.

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Re:The Tipping Point: The Economics of Taxi Fares by vkou on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @02:49PM (#29896814)
Outside of restaurants mostly serving the unbanked, hardly anyone pays or tips with cash in 2022.
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Re:The Tipping Point: The Economics of Taxi Fares by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:20PM (#29899882)
People who would would rather let the person receiving the tip decide if the government deserves a cut tip cash. And as others have said, using the employer's card processing flow gives the employer opportunities to do less than great things.
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Re:The Tipping Point: The Economics of Taxi Fares by bpodgursky on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @03:33PM (#29897432)
A lot of bars and bar-adjacent restaurants outside of SF and NYC rely heavily on cash.
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Re:The Tipping Point: The Economics of Taxi Fares by sokoloff on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @04:16PM (#29898038)
Even when I pay the check with a credit card, I will frequently tip in cash at a sit-down restaurant or bar (which I’m not going to at the moment as they aren’t much fun currently, but hope they’ll return in force this year).
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Re:The Tipping Point: The Economics of Taxi Fares by walshemj on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:04PM (#29899692)
Cash is better the employer can abuse tips given via cards - and screw the employees
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