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John Coates

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 time.com/archive/6757157/franc #TIL

Time · FRANCE: No More Tipping?By TIME

@jciv The principle hasn't changed much to this day. Underpay workers and hope the customer will pick up the slack.

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