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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by autoexec on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @02:11AM (#34500441)
> The service industry is what you do in high school or college

most people working in the service industry are not teenagers and college kids. For restaurants and fast food joints adult workers are more common.

https://datausa.io/profile/soc/fast-food-and-counter-workers

https://www.epi.org/publication/wage-workers-older-88-percen...

The average retail worker is over 40.

These aren't "summer jobs" for pocket money or children's first steps into the workforce, they're the jobs adults depend on to keep their rent/utilities paid and their families fed.

Someone 25 years of age and older can deliver exceptional service, they just aren't paid enough to care to.

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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by kelnos on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:49AM (#34501176)
The GP poster was referring to the age of service workers in the UK, not the US. No idea if they're accurate for the UK, but I don't think US data can be used to refute what they're saying.
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