Should Tipping Should Be Abolished In Australia

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Tipping should be abolished By Mahmood Islam This essay will argue that many Canadians feel that they should not be inclined to tip on their meal as inflation ravages the prices of everyday items. Tipping is a Western culture where consumers are expected to pay extra for the things they purchase in the name of service, even when the service provided is subpar. The tipping culture was brought in the 20th century by rich nobles in Europe who wanted to show that they had the manners of Europe. This essay will explain why tipping is bad for society. The tipping culture puts pressure on ordinary people to pay more for their meals. When people tip, employers use this excuse to not raise wages and the customers are expected to tip to cover for the employee's wages, which puts unnecessary …show more content…

When the workers see that they are getting tips, they slowly integrate the money into their lifestyles, and become reliant on this extra income that comes by chance, which the workers can take for granted and use to pay for bills and other necessities like food. When there aren't enough tips for the month, this could lead to a sudden shock change in their income which could push them to get loans and create an inefficient way of sustaining the expenses of life. Also, when the customers don't tip, the employers don't notice their employees struggling, which causes uncertainty in the worker's life. This leads to low salaries becoming commonplace in places where there is a tipping culture, like how in New York the government is neglecting tipping workers and increasing wages across and ignoring the tip workers. In places where there are tipping cultures like restaurants, workers are often underpaid and undervalued in the industry and in order for change, the tipping culture should be abolished in favor of better wages and better working conditions as many employers use this excuse to often neglect the

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