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Or, don't. I'm just saying you're a free rider.

edit: You're paying less for your meals than you would in your hypothetical ideal circumstance irt tipping, and that difference is coming out of the server's pocket. If it doesn't bother you, it doesn't bother you, but you're no freedom fighter.

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Advocating for an annoying at best, repressive and anti-worker at worst, system doesn’t make you any better than me, and your assumption I think I am some “freedom fighter” for seeing it for what it really is makes you look disingenuous.

Business owners are shirking their responsibility to pay a living wage. They’re also setting up a socioeconomic reality that pits customers against workers to absolve them of that responsibility.

Go ahead and keep advocating for tipping though, I’m sure you’re really making progress.

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