re: Spin Off: If minimum wage goes up will you tip less than 20%? ( if you do now)

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Im interested to see the outcome a higher minimum wage has on tipping. A higher minimum wage means only higher skilled workers will be hired, meaning the quality of our service at restaurants should be expected to increase, resulting in higher tips. However, a higher minimum wage could also result in price increases at cheaper restaurants causing some people to tip less. Interesting.

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It also means the raw cost to get the meal to your table rises across the board. The guy at the slaughter house killing the cows goes up while the cost to transport the dead cow to the butcher shop roses while the butcher's cost roses while the meat packer's cost rises while the trucking company in charge of delivering the processed beef to the restaurant rises while the price of the uncooked steak roses while the cost of the cooked steak rises while the waiter makes more money while the middle class tax paying American citizen is fricked to tears just to help the poor bastards that didn't pay attention in school and get their education for good paying jobs.

Change we can believe in.