• foggenbooty@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    This is actually a very good comparison because restaurants use this argument all the time, except for wages:

    “I can’t make money running my restaurant if I have to pay a living wage to my servers, so you should pay them with tips. How else can we stay open?”

    These business that can’t operate profitably like any other business should fail.

    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 months ago

      In China, tipping is considered insulting because you are implying exactly that: that they are incapable of running their business without your donation.