TIL:
"The [tipping norm in the US] was born out of exploitation. After the Civil War, restaurant owners facing demands for higher wages from white workers instead hired newly freed slaves to work for gratuities alone."
FT
@jciv @nullagent also, I learned recently that the non-tipping culture in France is actually due to a 1937 law that banned the practice https://time.com/archive/6757157/france-no-more-tipping/ #TIL
@jciv The principle hasn't changed much to this day. Underpay workers and hope the customer will pick up the slack.
Corporate welfare