Why Tipping Should be Banned Although, Americans have grown accustomed to believing tipping a waiter or a waitress at a restaurant is part of the American dining experience, the fact is, it is a borrowed custom from Europe (Burton). According to Michael Lynn, a professor at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, “tipping in the United States began just after the American Civil War in the late 1800’s.” The custom was introduced again in the United States when wealthy Americans traveled to Europe, witnessed tipping, and brought the aristocratic custom back to prove their elevated education and class (Burton). History claims that tipping originated in the taverns of 17th century England, where drinkers would slip money to a waiter
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Marisa Crous, a professor of Sociology at Stellenbosch University, did a social experiment at a Stellenbosch restaurant in South Africa. She uncovered certain gender roles while working undercover as a waitress in 2008. She worked there for ten months and was able to comprise a list of things that went on that did not seem the norm. She explains in her research that, “The waiters...created their own system of allocating customers to particular waiters...a kind of hierarchy that assigns customers to the waiters who had worked at the restaurant the longest.” Of course, that seems like a fair system those who have worked there longer should receive seniority. However, female waiters argued that the system was also dependent upon the race of the male waiters (Crous). Crous continues by stating, “Many of the female waiters suggested that one particular male waiter always got more shifts or food from the chefs, mainly because he was the same race as the chefs.” If waiters got paid the same amount and did not rely on getting the most tips this would not lead to an hierarchy in the workplace. Everyone would just do their job and go about their …show more content…
Although this is true that the process for this to be passed will take some time it is not impossible. In 2013, the Fair Minimum Wage Act was introduced and not many believed it would pass due to the bill being opposed by the restaurant lobby and certain Republican lawmakers (Stuart). However, the bill was passed and granted eight dollars and twenty cents with the minimum wage going up ninety-five cents each year for three years (“S.40-113th Congress...”). This also granted tipped employees to be paid three dollars instead of two dollars and thirteen cents (“S.40-113th Congress...”). Although this may seem like an elongated process, at least there was action taken. After that bill was passed, it sparked another session for congress to meet again. In April 2015, congress met to discuss amending the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and to increase the federal minimum wage to employees (“S.1150 - 114th Congress..”). This bill stated that by January of 2016 that the minimum wage would be eight dollars an hour and by 2020 it would twelve dollars (“S.1150 - 114th Congress…”). Plus, for tipped employees they would earn three dollars and fifteen cents (“S.1150 - 114th Congress…”).. This system is gradually moving to a better pay
Marisa Crous, a professor of Sociology at Stellenbosch University, did a social experiment at a Stellenbosch restaurant in South Africa. She uncovered certain gender roles while working undercover as a waitress in 2008. She worked there for ten months and was able to comprise a list of things that went on that did not seem the norm. She explains in her research that, “The waiters...created their own system of allocating customers to particular waiters...a kind of hierarchy that assigns customers to the waiters who had worked at the restaurant the longest.” Of course, that seems like a fair system those who have worked there longer should receive seniority. However, female waiters argued that the system was also dependent upon the race of the male waiters (Crous). Crous continues by stating, “Many of the female waiters suggested that one particular male waiter always got more shifts or food from the chefs, mainly because he was the same race as the chefs.” If waiters got paid the same amount and did not rely on getting the most tips this would not lead to an hierarchy in the workplace. Everyone would just do their job and go about their …show more content…
Although this is true that the process for this to be passed will take some time it is not impossible. In 2013, the Fair Minimum Wage Act was introduced and not many believed it would pass due to the bill being opposed by the restaurant lobby and certain Republican lawmakers (Stuart). However, the bill was passed and granted eight dollars and twenty cents with the minimum wage going up ninety-five cents each year for three years (“S.40-113th Congress...”). This also granted tipped employees to be paid three dollars instead of two dollars and thirteen cents (“S.40-113th Congress...”). Although this may seem like an elongated process, at least there was action taken. After that bill was passed, it sparked another session for congress to meet again. In April 2015, congress met to discuss amending the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and to increase the federal minimum wage to employees (“S.1150 - 114th Congress..”). This bill stated that by January of 2016 that the minimum wage would be eight dollars an hour and by 2020 it would twelve dollars (“S.1150 - 114th Congress…”). Plus, for tipped employees they would earn three dollars and fifteen cents (“S.1150 - 114th Congress…”).. This system is gradually moving to a better pay