Originally Posted by
Milesaway76
please do us a favor and stay in the UK. You seem like a bitter person.
Why specifically in the UK?
Originally Posted by
Adam1222
I think it's important to note these aren't "habits" per se - not calling you out specifically, but rather something baked in to the structure of workplace law in the United States. Under federal law, and under most state laws, certain workers who "customarily" receive tipped are not required to be paid the full minimum wage. A lot of people who call bartenders in lounges or housekeeping staff "greedy" on Flyertalk do not realize this, or do not realize that there is no reason for bars/lounges/hotels to pay the non-tipped full minimum wage until and unless these laws are changed.
I also consider
"not paying a living wage in the service sector" a weird US habit - might be of course the wrong word to use. As you correctly point out it's baked in to your laws - and I really wish such laws would remain the "privilege" of US workers only.
Last edited by WilcoRoger; Mar 18, 2022 at 3:22 am