$2 to cut a sandwich in half: The outrageous rip-offs targeting tourists in Italy | CNN
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Getting gouged is all part of the experience in tourist hot spots, but some Italy seems to be taking it to audacious new levels amid complaints Italians can no longer afford vacations at home.

An Italian holiday may be a priceless experience for those who have enjoyed all this country has to offer. But the summer of 2023 will go down as one of the priciest in history after a slew of price gouging scandals at cafes and restaurants that have affected foreign tourists and Italians alike.

  • Misconduct@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    Incorrect. Minimum wage applies immediately. It’s illegal to pay less than minimum wage in the US. It is never less than minimum. I’m not sure where you got that but it’s wrong info. If someone pulled that shit it was illegal and should have been reported to the department of labor. They don’t play. Unfortunately plenty of bad actors rely on ignorance and get away with it but those assholes would be pulling other shady things with wages if they’ll do that to tipped employees anyway.

    A fact that a lot of you like to ignore is that putting servers at minimum wage would be a pay cut for a loooot of people. It’s rare to not make over minimum and if you have a good weekend you can easily triple (or more) your pay for the week. I know I would have immediately quit being a server if they went to just straight minimum wage because that job is horrific and I would never put up with it for minimum wage. With all of that said I still firmly believe we need to work together to get a living wage first. Hell, the tip situation might just work itself out at that point because people will leave if they can make more elsewhere and not have to beg for tips

    • Spendies@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I think he’s primarily talking about states where tips can make up part lf the minimum wage instead of it just being the baseline with tips on top.

      Also, I’m pretty sure his first * is him talking about his country, not America.

      Realistically if we removed tipping in America restaurants would be forced to raise wages to get anyone to work there. It would be a rough transition though.

      • Misconduct@startrek.websiteEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        My prediction is restaurants would raise prices but still keep most of it by paying the bare minimum. Then, adults would be priced out of the industry and it would be another shitty job that nobody wants to do. Like fast food. I’m sure it’d be easy enough for our local govs to keep tweaking child labor laws so we’ll fill them up with teenagers that don’t know they shouldn’t have to take that abuse or work that hard for minimum wage.