So, this is a thing now in Seattle.
Seattle bartender Anthony Fetto says a customer left him a card with a
lecture in lieu of a tip:
The bartender said one customer wrote zero on the tip line – and left a card that explained why they were not tipping.
The bartender said his base wage is not close to $15 an hour. He said he just wishes the customer would have spoken to him.
“At least come up and tell me personally. Make a human contact, don’t be very passive aggressive and just kind of leave this and walk away without saying anything,” Bartender Anthony Fetto.
The card reads:
Economics 101: As the compensation for your service increases, there is a cost to me as the consumer to pay for that increase. As I have no control over the Seattle City Council's decision to redistribute wealth, I can only exercise the rights left to me.
(1) I can choose to not eat out. (Then who would pay your wages?)
(2) I can choose to be carrion for the City Council's vultures.
(3) I can choose not to tip and explain why and provide a free economics lesson.
The customer who left the card needs a lesson in civility and he might want to read up on the
early data showing the raise in wages is nothing but positive.