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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
Is this some kind of American joke I'm too European to understand?
gpt
I’m european too. The tipping culture in the US is close to mandatory, unlike in the EU. Here you tip to make person happy as a reward for their great work, in the US you make people unhappy for not tipping.

It has to do with shitty wages that working class is being paid, so instead of raising salaries to an acceptable level, the responsibility is lifted to customers. Basically, American people are paying wages to other Americans, despite (potentially) being in a shitty situation themselves.

The winners here are large corporations and their shareholders (the super-rich, basically), which make money off of increased profit margins. In two words, rich get richer, poor get poorer and less socially secure