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      Pretty sure the waitress wasn’t the one who fucked with the register. Probably the restaurant trying to ensure they don’t have to pay the difference if the tips come up short and leave the staff below minimum wage.

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          Shafting the waitress is not going to end it either. Most people wouldn’t notice this, so they’d still keep doing it if you didn’t tip.

          The play here is to tip the waitress in cash if possible and slam the establishment on every review site.

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            If the worker or anyone else not gonna unionise or protest the government for a better minimum wages, then the culture gonna continue. Slammin and jammin the establishment will do absolutely nothing, as with all non-disruptive protest.

            I swear tipping is fetishized by american.

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          It’s logical, it’s not the wait staff’s fault. You’re correct though that it’s an endless circle, with the only solution being that everyone stops supporting places that don’t pay employees well. Which means don’t go to any US restaurants, or any retail. There is the bigger endless circle, trying to get the masses to all participate in such a boycott.

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          Right?

          Most people just pay it out of obligation, and the occasional nerd calls us out politely.

          Gee, whatever shall we do?

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          Are you comparing the waitress not proofreading the math on a preprinted receipt (arguably not their job) to soldiers actively committing war crimes?

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            No. Soldiers are very much protected from such orders in most countries. They can’t be held responsible for refusing to follow an illegal order.

            I mostly hear the argument from civilians helping their employer commit crime.

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      “Fuck you restaurant for trying to scam me, now I’ll only pay the correct 20% extra on top of my bill”

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        Yeah that restaurant owner will certainly learn from the fact that they don’t legally have to pay their servers minimum wage and you still paid the owner what they would have gotten whether or not the server got a tip

        As another commenter said, in this situation pay the server in cash, and then review the restaurant badly everywhere you can