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Schenker says that after his years in the service industry, he has watched tipping evolve into a major part of his pay.

“If there is some means of tipping that’s available to you, that should signal to you that workers there aren’t being paid enough,” says Schenker. “Tipping is sort of an acknowledgment of that fact.”

To Schenker, customers who don’t tip are not understanding that businesses treat tips as a baked-in part of workers’ wages.

“They subsidize lower prices by paying employees less,” he says. “If you aren’t tipping, you are taking advantage of that labor.”

He was so close… Especially for someone who says himself does not make much money.

  • Gay_Jesus69@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    According to Ziprecruiter the average annual income of General contractors in Ohio is 88k

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      1 year ago

      That’s because you’re confusing construction and contractor work, which is different work.

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        Find me a job where I can make more than a full day of construction or contractor labor in 4-5hrs

        You forgot your original statement.

        Also, according to Ziprecruiter construction workers make, on average, $220-$260 a day in Ohio, which is a little bit below the national average of $240-$290 a day.

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          1 year ago

          $200+ per day as a server is not difficult. I regularly did that as far back as 2005.

          Again you should at least speak to someone who makes a living this way before developing strong and incorrect opinions.

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            1 year ago

            That doesn’t change the national average is $100 in tips a day.

            Your opinion is statistically wrong.

            And the average construction worker earned $23.92/hr in 2005 and worked 10-12 hours a day.