Uber Posts First Quarterly Net Profit of $394M

Re:Uber Posts First Quarterly Net Profit of $394M by gerbilly on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @01:39PM (#36959469)

Yes I totally agree. When businesses push for going cashless, they are often doing it to claw back the tips customers are giving their workers.

Tips that have become customary because it's become accepted that a waiter mustn't be paid a living wage. Why has it become accepted, because we have a hidden caste system.

But the customers get to feel cool to frequent a place that 'gets it' because cash if or old people.

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Re:Uber Posts First Quarterly Net Profit of $394M by Tyrek on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @01:54PM (#36959702)

The so-called 'hidden caste system' that has tipped employees at the top of the F&B food chain, earning significantly more than back-of-house staff like bussers and chefs?

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Re:Uber Posts First Quarterly Net Profit of $394M by gerbilly on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @01:57PM (#36959752)

Yeah, exactly the same caste system. I didn't say only waiters were in a lower caste. This kind of bullshit is everywhere.

Some establishments pool the tips (cash ones) and use to distribute it to the bussers (don't know about the cooking staff). Obviously this was not a universal practice.

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