Not willing to sacrifice any convenience yourself, blame the worker for their poor conditions. You’d cross the picket line if they did strike, quit lying to yourself.
Fair, I should clarify, don’t ask another European customer. Ask someone who has been here for more than a week, we know by the type of restaurant.
If you’re sitting in a chair being served by a person, that’s a safe bet. The ones in this category that do pay fairly will usually tell you, they’re pretty rare so they kind of have to.
If you order from a counter or screen and take it out or sit down? Optional. They get paid, some better than others, but they get paid. These new screens will still ask for a tip but ignore that, it’s new and doesn’t need to be any more normalized than it already is. Exception: Coffee/bars. For some reason a lot of them aren’t paid well but even then you can just put a dollar in the jar for coffee or tip 20% at the bar at the end of the night. Some of these places still don’t even have the screens that ask yet, thankfully.
Not willing to sacrifice any convenience yourself, blame the worker for their poor conditions. You’d cross the picket line if they did strike, quit lying to yourself.
How would a customer know that the employees aren’t being paid a living wage? The tip happens after the meal.
Fair, I should clarify, don’t ask another European customer. Ask someone who has been here for more than a week, we know by the type of restaurant.
If you’re sitting in a chair being served by a person, that’s a safe bet. The ones in this category that do pay fairly will usually tell you, they’re pretty rare so they kind of have to.
If you order from a counter or screen and take it out or sit down? Optional. They get paid, some better than others, but they get paid. These new screens will still ask for a tip but ignore that, it’s new and doesn’t need to be any more normalized than it already is. Exception: Coffee/bars. For some reason a lot of them aren’t paid well but even then you can just put a dollar in the jar for coffee or tip 20% at the bar at the end of the night. Some of these places still don’t even have the screens that ask yet, thankfully.
That’s about the long and short of it.