• Fluke@feddit.uk
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    arrow-down
    8
    ·
    6 days ago

    Unionise and change things, or keep whining about being stiffed. Take your pick.

    • blitzen@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      6 days ago

      Maybe. But those doing the stiffing are still cheap assholes doing it for their pocketbook, not the betterment of the workers.

    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      5
      ·
      6 days ago

      People don’t stiff waiters here. That’s how you get spit in your food (to name the least offensive thing they’ll do).

      Workers protect their own. And good for them, because management certainly doesn’t give a shit about them.

      • blitzen@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        7
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        6 days ago

        Having been in the industry for 25+ years, I’ve never seen anything like that. Besides, how would staff know they are getting stiffed before the bill is paid.

        • SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          6 days ago

          Yeah I think that’s an anti-worker stereotype used to characterize workers as greedy, violent, and spiteful.

          Most of the people in foodservice i’ve known ended up there because they love food. They enjoy handing someone a great meal or suggesting the perfect cocktail to pair with a dish. They aren’t going to ruin someone’s food like that because they genuinely care about their profession and craft.

          • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            6 days ago

            I think it’s a pro-worker stereotype, in that it gives people a self-interested reason not to be an asshole or stiff their waiters.