Originally Posted by Reindeerflame
I believe I heard somewhere that Wal-Mart may be putting tip jars next to its check-out lanes. That would help the public who may be concerned about compensation being inadequate.
This is drifting a little off-topic, but I believe that the New York Times ran an article this past weekend about supermart discount store employees who do not get paid health insurance and so they work a limited week in order that they remain below the poverty level and thus qualify for taxpayer-financed health care, i.e., Medicare. I don't know how many employees such a situation represents however.
If I saw a tip jar at a place like that, I'd turn right around and walk out (in much the same way as I do not purchase products made in China, when discernible).