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The ballot effort to increase the minimum wage for tipped workers faces a new challenge as opponents seek to disqualify signatures collected by organizers.

The Massachusetts Restaurant Association filed an objection to several signatures and petition sheets submitted to the secretary of state by the ballot campaign group, One Fair Wage. The signatures were the final hurdle for ballot organizers to get the issue in front of voters in November.

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[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 89 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Wont someone think of the soft-working executives and their bonus programs?

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

But don't forget about the hardworking shareholders either.

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 81 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

They do this in every city. Restraunt industry is cancer.

I avoid tipped places as much as i can. Counter serve preferred.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is why I can never understand why people would pay baristas. It's counter service, just take your coffee and go. It's also part of the reason I don't go to coffee places. Especially when Dunkin' Donuts' coffee tastes better than Starbucks.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Starbucks smells like cigarettes.

They also burn the bujesus out of their coffee so it tastes the same everywhere. McDonald's does the same thing. Like crap. But it's ok because they're really just adding a modicum of coffee to effectively a milkshake.

Dunkin kind of expects you to just do cream and sugar, so the coffee has to be better. So it's decent coffee. Decent coffee isn't hard. It's fucking easy. My 15 dollar Mr Coffee makes decent coffee. 2 million bored teenagers around the country are all capable of pouring grounds in to a machine and pressing a button and producing decent coffee.

Starbucks wants to sell you a bunch of other shit with coffee.

[–] gac11@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I think the Starbucks burnt beans also are so that when you add it to some sort of milkshake, you can still taste coffee. I drink black coffee and I think I'm a super taster so it's the grossest flavor outside of trying to drink an IPA

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 79 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My hair stylist (owns her salon) recently implemented a no-gratuities policy. Everyone has to charge whatever they think is fair to make up for there not being a gratuity and clients know exactly how much the job will cost with no pressure to go higher. This is how everything ought to be.

[–] Woht24@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

You're describing a regular transaction. Maybe next you'll post sales tax on prices too!

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Tipping has lost It's meaning in the U.S.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm gonna reply to this then it's just gonna ask you a question... Stares off in to space

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I give up on trying to understand this

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I was at a concert recently and the merch vendor was asking for a tip. It’s like, I bought a t-shirt, why am I tipping you? Did you make the t-shirt yourself?

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Even if they did make the shirt... Is that not why they're selling it?

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

There's an episode of impractical jokers that really stuck with me. They pretended as bellhops at a hotel, they instructed each other to be as rude and unhelpful as possible like hopping on the bed with shoes on to change a light bulb, taking a shower after showing the guests the room, etc. 3 out of 4 guests tipped them.

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