Like most people, I’m a sucker for click bait, and one of my favorite variations of the genre is the feel-good big-tip story.
For example, rapper Post Malone leaving a $3,000 tip above and beyond the $500-plus “gratuity” charge on a large restaurant bill. Nice guy by virtually all accounts, and the server was grateful for the unexpected pocketbook boost.
Not everyone tips so well, of course. Some people don’t tip at all, and not all restaurants tack on the “gratuity” charge. Anyone who works in a “tipped” service role can relate stories of demanding customers who stiffed them on tips.
I try to tip generously, with bigger tips for outstanding service. However, the movement to eliminate tipping and replace it with a minimum wage (usually coupled with a proposal to increase the minimum wage) is a bad thing all around.
In trying to make the case for such changes, The New Republic’s Elena Soderblom inadvertently exposes the scam involved by lying, then admitting she’s lying in the very next paragraph, in the apparent hope that no one will notice.
The lie: “Many are unaware of the subminimum wage that allows a tipped employee to be paid as little as $2.13 per hour.”
The admission of the lie: “[E]mployers are not required to pay minimum wages as long as customers make up the difference.”
By law, employers are required to ensure that employees receive at least the legally mandated minimum wage (I oppose minimum wage laws, by the way, but they do exist).
The idea of replacing...
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