*SMH* I can't even.

I'm so tired of this "Let's try and link everything to slavery, racism, fascism, etc so as to embarrass, harass, cajole and shame people based on the color of their skin as long as the color of their skin is white".

I worked my way through flight school at a restaurant in a hotel. I worked room service and bartended. I make the aforementioned $2.13/hour but was raking in way more than that on tip.

My son is working at a high end restaurant. He routinely works a double (lunch then dinner), gets home late but is raking in, on a slow day, $100 in tip. On a good day? Kid walked home with $500 in tip. On top of his wage. And because it's a restaurant he hustles pretty much the whole time. I know, I've been there and seen him work.

This article will lead to the inevitable $15/hour minimum wage argument. All $15/hour minimum wage does is help a few and hurt the many. See Seattle, Portland, L.A., SFO and various other states and cities that have implemented it. Not going as well as they thought. You can't pay beginners in the work place the same as someone who's paid their dues, worked their butt off and taken their previous experience and moved on to the next, better paying job.

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Any thoughts... yes. I think it's all in the name of pushing a narrative. I agree with you that it is very annoying, this desire to have equality of outcome without seeming to value equality of opportunity. That's my perception. I think rational people need to just start calling the crap, as you have done and I appreciate that you did it.

I saw this video a little while back. It's addressing the concept of the racist origins of tipping. Just thought I'd post it here as it is topical.

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