tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267597063062817567.post8168874542428297512..comments2023-12-24T00:14:00.742-06:00Comments on Cup O' Joel: On the value of low-skill, low-wage laborUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267597063062817567.post-58387791843419596202010-07-16T10:44:37.042-05:002010-07-16T10:44:37.042-05:00Yes, yes, yes. For professional survival reasons,...Yes, yes, yes. For professional survival reasons, I cannot write a blog rant about people who under-tip their massage therapists, or who do not tip at all. <br /><br />I recently had a client give me a *hug* instead of a tip, as though I were her daughter who had just given her a free backrub. <br /><br />My labor is not unskilled, and the wages I'm getting aren't remotely comparable to what they're paying the spa. Tips pay my grocery bill, and when clients don't tip, they're literally taking food out of the mouth of my child. <br /><br />Our social values are truly screwed up.Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267597063062817567.post-50309583462842783672010-07-15T10:00:13.808-05:002010-07-15T10:00:13.808-05:00Hm. The first paragraph somehow disappeared. It ...Hm. The first paragraph somehow disappeared. It was something like this:<br /><br />"When I was in food service, we called this the 'verbal tip': when customers, on their way out the door, fulsomely praised your service, it usually meant that you were getting a truly cheap tip."Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267597063062817567.post-48452166225549146862010-07-15T09:58:38.599-05:002010-07-15T09:58:38.599-05:00Still, I'm one of those who goes on about the ...Still, I'm one of those who goes on about the "dignity of labor." I mean that it's work that we should value, both culturally and monetarily. It's all well and good, for example, to tell farmers that they are the backbone of America (or tell my barista that he saves my life every morning), but this rings hollow if we don't put our money where our mouth is.Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.com