From airlines to ticket sellers, companies fight U.S. to keep junk fees

Re:From airlines to ticket sellers, companies fight U.S. to ... by shortcake27 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @01:43PM (#38336158)

I haven’t lived in the US so I can’t really comment on the situation there. But my point is, the US model is infecting other countries which already have minimum wages and don’t suffer from problem tips in the US solve (AKA, insanely low minimum wages in some states for tipped servers).

Why should the minimum wage bartender at Brewdog get an automatic 10% tip when the minimum wage employee at Tesco doesn’t?

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Re:From airlines to ticket sellers, companies fight U.S. to ... by qwytw on Sunday November 19, 2023 @04:06PM (#38338025)

> wages and don’t suffer from problem tips in the US solve (AKA, insanely low minimum wages in some states for tipped servers).

Well many waiters earn considerably more than the minimum wage in the US. In large part because of this system. I'm not sure why does the society value their work that much (in relation to most other service workers which is of course unfair). However, essentially what you're advocating is lower wages for some service workers just because the rest are possibly overpaid?

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Re:From airlines to ticket sellers, companies fight U.S. to ... by bobthepanda on Sunday November 19, 2023 @04:14PM (#38338121)

in other countries, server is just a position like any other that has wage competition. a fancy restaurant will try and spend to get the high quality servers it wants.

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Re:From airlines to ticket sellers, companies fight U.S. to ... by shortcake27 on Monday November 20, 2023 @02:38AM (#38344019)

> essentially what you're advocating is lower wages for some service workers just because the rest are possibly overpaid?

How have you arrived at that conclusion? I am arguing that a) the tip should be included in the price, and b) people should be paid a fair wage by their employer WITHOUT sneaking hidden fees onto customers.

Also, I’ve made it abundantly clear I’m referring to the UK, yet you keep bringing up America. You seem determined to misunderstand me.

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Re:From airlines to ticket sellers, companies fight U.S. to ... by wdb on Sunday November 19, 2023 @05:42PM (#38339257)

Most fun are those places where you need to order via the website or an app and still have this automatic tip that's a pain to opt out off

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