Sunday, November 30, 2014
Tip Jars at McDonald's?
Why the hell not? They have 'em at Starbucks. They have 'em at Subway. They even have 'em at Dunkin Donuts. And I know that people would put money in because I work with a young girl who also works at McDonald's and she is always telling me these old dudes are constantly trying to tip her (the fact that she's smokingly hot is undoubtedly a factor). I mean, I know that McDonald's would probably balk at it in that it totally underscores the crappiness of the wages and all, but if those other chain establishments were able to get over that hurdle (Starbucks obviously paying more in wages and benefits than the other three), why not Mickey D's?
Seems reasonable; the kids I've seen working at McDonalds are
ReplyDeletealways working at something and are pleasant to deal with. Here, and perhaps elsewhere, the low wages are in part compensated with
flex hours for those taking classes or with children.
" I know that McDonald's would probably balk at it in that it totally underscores the crappiness of the wages and all,"
ReplyDeleteDo you think the wages are truly "crappy", or are fair for such low-value, low-skill work?
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that they were unfair in terms of what the market would bear, just that they kind of crummy in a general sense and that this would be a way for them to get the folks a little more money and have it be voluntary.
ReplyDeleteKind of thought that was what you meant, but wasn't sure.
ReplyDeleteI have no patience with the oinking pigs who demand that McDonalds give each worker thousands in an unearned gift a year.
Call me stingy, but I can't foresee the day when a fast food employee will go above and beyond the normal duties to warrant a tip from me.
ReplyDeleteTips are for exemplary service to the customer...not for doing the bare minimum required of the job.
dmarks, and what about the people who have earned the $15 an hour (that's what they're asking, right?) legitimately? How is giving these people more cash fair to them? Me, I'm much more in favor of helping people through the EITC and I think that you are, too?
ReplyDeleteYou see, that's the beauty of this, CI. People who don't want to tip are free not to and those who'd like to can. It's 100% voluntary.......P.S. And it would be interesting to see just how well the Progressives tipped, now wouldn't it? I'm thinking not a lot.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree Will. Perhaps I haven't had exemplary service from fast food establishments...ever.
ReplyDelete"Call me stingy, but I can't foresee the day when a fast food employee will go above and beyond the normal duties to warrant a tip from me."
ReplyDeleteI've had it happen, so I wish there were tip jars.
I've also had many who should owe me a tip, due to lousy job performance that would be earning 3 cents an hour if there were no minimum wage laws.
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Will: About what you said, in regards to EITC? You are exactly right. The minimum wage is not means tested, and a huge % of those who would gain from it are well-off teens in starter jobs.
I'm a Progressive..and a big tipper. But in my experience the
ReplyDelete'tip' transcends political ideology. I know big tippers that are very conservative as well
as tightfisted progressives; poor
folks that tip big, rich ones that don't and vice versa. So as tippers go, there must be some other factors besides political
outlook.
ReplyDeleteProgressives would expect the federal government fill the jar.
That's kind of what I was getting at, Russ, for sure.......And BB, I kind of agree with dmarks and see you as more of a mainstream liberal than a FDR, Wilson progressive. BUT if you are a progressive, then you're definitely one of the good ones dude.
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