Did You Know Tipping is Racist As Hell?

[Old Man Jingles]

Tipping is Racist
In the late 1800s, tipping was actually frowned upon by many Americans who believed that employers were responsible for paying their workers, not the customers. But that shifted when restaurant owners and railroad companies objected arguing
that tipping was a fair alternative to paying their workers a regular wage.
Why? Because these workers were Black.
White employers resented the freedom of their formerly enslaved Black employees. In wanting to keep Black people poor, and thus “inferior” in their eyes, they employed the tipping system. A writer of the day even said, “I could never feel comfortable tipping a white person. Tipping is reserved for Negroes.”
The corrupt tipping system allowed white employers to get free labor, keep Black people impoverished, and maintain the myth of white supremacy and it’s a sneaky practice that continues today, disproportionately keeping Black folks in impoverished conditions.

 

[BrownFlush]

Tipping is Racist
In the late 1800s, tipping was actually frowned upon by many Americans who believed that employers were responsible for paying their workers, not the customers. But that shifted when restaurant owners and railroad companies objected arguing
that tipping was a fair alternative to paying their workers a regular wage.
Why? Because these workers were Black.
White employers resented the freedom of their formerly enslaved Black employees. In wanting to keep Black people poor, and thus “inferior” in their eyes, they employed the tipping system. A writer of the day even said, “I could never feel comfortable tipping a white person. Tipping is reserved for Negroes.”
The corrupt tipping system allowed white employers to get free labor, keep Black people impoverished, and maintain the myth of white supremacy and it’s a sneaky practice that continues today, disproportionately keeping Black folks in impoverished conditions.

Who would have thunk it.
Yet another reason to.."kill, kill, kill the white man."

 

[newfie]

Tipping is Racist
In the late 1800s, tipping was actually frowned upon by many Americans who believed that employers were responsible for paying their workers, not the customers. But that shifted when restaurant owners and railroad companies objected arguing
that tipping was a fair alternative to paying their workers a regular wage.
Why? Because these workers were Black.
White employers resented the freedom of their formerly enslaved Black employees. In wanting to keep Black people poor, and thus “inferior” in their eyes, they employed the tipping system. A writer of the day even said, “I could never feel comfortable tipping a white person. Tipping is reserved for Negroes.”
The corrupt tipping system allowed white employers to get free labor, keep Black people impoverished, and maintain the myth of white supremacy and it’s a sneaky practice that continues today, disproportionately keeping Black folks in impoverished conditions.

be a shame if the libs started chasing that argument and I was forced to stop tipping

 

[Old Man Jingles]

be a shame if the libs started chasing that argument and I was forced to stop tipping

A Brief History of Tipping
As tipping became widespread in America, many found it to be antithetical to democracy and American ideals of equality. In 1891, journalist Arthur Gaye wrote that a tip should be given to someone "who is presumed to be inferior to the donor, not only in worldly wealth but in social position also." "Tipping and the aristocratic idea it exemplifies is what we left Europe to escape,” William Scott wrote in his 1916 anti-tipping brochure, “The Itching Palm,” in which he argued that tipping was as "un-American" as "slavery."


In 1904, the Anti-Tipping Society of America sprang up in Georgia, and its 100,000 members signed pledges not to tip anyone for a year. In 1909, Washington became the first of six states to pass an anti-tipping law. But, the new laws rarely were enforced, and, by 1926, every anti-tipping law had been repealed.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

In America, tipping changed in the 1960s, when Congress agreed that workers could receive a lower minimum wage if a portion of their salary came from tips. The minimum wage for tipped workers is $2.13, which has not changed over the years, as long as those workers receive at least $30 per month in tips.
The restaurant industry employs 10 million people in the US; restaurant workers use food stamps at twice the rate of the rest of the workforce and are 3 times as likely to live in poverty.

 

[vantexan]

In America, tipping changed in the 1960s, when Congress agreed that workers could receive a lower minimum wage if a portion of their salary came from tips. The minimum wage for tipped workers is $2.13, which has not changed over the years, as long as those workers receive at least $30 per month in tips.
The restaurant industry employs 10 million people in the US; restaurant workers use food stamps at twice the rate of the rest of the workforce and are 3 times as likely to live in poverty.

Tell a waitress you aren't going to tip her because you wouldn't want to insult or demean her and see how well that goes over.

 

[BrownArmy]

Old Man Jingles, am I right?

 

[vantexan]

Old Man Jingles, am I right?

Nah, you're left.

 

[brownmonster]

Who are the better tippers? Blacks or whites?

 

[BrownFlush]

Tell a waitress you aren't going to tip her because you wouldn't want to insult or demean her and see how well that goes over.

Make sure you have your food in front of you first.

 

[BrownFlush]

Who are the better tippers? Blacks or whites?

Studies reveal whites are better tippers.
Blacks tip less for a number of proven reasons.
Maybe a good government program to subsidize their dining would help.
Government programs are always a better alternative than improving behavior.

 

[rod]

I'll be sure to tell Granny to save her shiny quarter from now on.

 

[Operational needs]

Who are the better tippers? Blacks or whites?

As a former server, I can say that Whites generally tip more. It used to irritate me when working in a restaurant and no one wanted to wait on a group of Black people who walked in. I always took the tables.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

As a former server, I can say that Whites generally tip more. It used to irritate me when working in a restaurant and no one wanted to wait on a group of Black people who walked in. I always took the tables.

You worked at Denny’s?

 

[Operational needs]

You worked at Denny’s?

Close...Perkins. And a few others. Lol.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Close...Perkins. And a few others. Lol.

Love Perkins!
We don’t have them down South and when you travel, you don’t worry about ‘no stinkin diet’!

Great pies and pastries.

 

[Operational needs]

Love Perkins!
We don’t have them down South and when you travel, you don’t worry about ‘no stinkin diet’!

Great pies and pastries.

And pancakes.

 

[Operational needs]

Love Perkins!
We don’t have them down South and when you travel, you don’t worry about ‘no stinkin diet’!

Great pies and pastries.

Oh, and it was in Florida. We don’t have them here.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Oh, and it was in Florida. We don’t have them here.

We go to Nashville 3 or 4 times a Year.
That’s where I see them.

 

[rod]

Close...Perkins. And a few others. Lol.

We have our monthly retired UPS guys breakfast at Perkins. Our waitress is the ex wife of one of the drivers. She always gives him hell and we all laugh.