Comments by "Sean" (@sean2015) on "BREAKING NEWS: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Touts New Law Ending Subminimum Wage For Tipped Workers" video.

For once I actually agree with Brandon Johnson...kinda. I'm sick of the tip culture in general, and I think we should just do away with tipping. Just pay your workers a fair wage like they do everywhere else in the world. Tipping (although it may seem enticing to workers) is not the way to go, because it gives greedy businesses a reason to under-pay workers. It should be illegal for employees to solicit for tips.
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@williamspringer1172 again, McDonald's has a strict policy against tipping and they pay all their workers at or above minimum wage...so will someone please explain to me HOW they are affected by this?
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@redpillsuccess5975 there's free valet parking everywhere in Chicago. The only thing is that the valet will be holding a gun and he won't give you the car or the keys back.
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@RitaLady years ago I pushed wheelchairs at O’Hare. We relied on tips but it was very inconsistent. Three people would stiff you after you busted your ass, one would slip you a $5 and one would give you $30 even though you barely lifted a finger for them. The inconsistency drove me crazy. Rather than rolling the dice and taking my chance with tips I’d rather just get a decent hourly wage which I know is a sure thing every day.
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Richard, McDonalds restaurants in Australia and France pay their workers above the minimum wage yet they charge almost exactly the same prices are McDonalds here. I'm not sure why you even mentioned McDonalds since they have a strict no-tipping policy anyway.
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@RichardAugustMatthew19Man I'm talking about McDonalds in America. They have a strict policy against tipping and they pay all their workers at or above minimum wage. Understand?
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@RichardAugustMatthew19Man you're all over the place here but I'll start with the discussion about minimum wage. You're still missing the point. If a restaurant in Rooty Hill, New South Wales (that's Australia) can pay its workers at or above minimum wage and have prices comparable to the U.S., then I fail to see the argument in favor of maintaining a culture of paying employees $3 an hour and expecting them to make up the difference with tips. What if some customers don't tip well, or tip at all? What if business is slow on a particular night ? I work retail and those robots (self-checkouts) do not threaten my job. Someone has to monitor and supervise customers using the machine, someone has to fill, remove and count money, someone has to replace receipt paper, someone has to clean them, fix them when they're malfunctioning. You may think you're eliminating a job but you're creating a new one in its place.
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@Mlee-k4x you still won't answer my question. Forget about the tips for a minute! How is it that a McDonald's in New South Wales, Australia can pay its workers $23/hour and have prices equal to McDonald's in the USA? Can you please answer that question? I've only asked it about five times now and this clown Richard gave me a whole lecture about irrelevant stuff like robots and self-checkouts and now he's disappeared and now you're doing the same stuff too. So I'll ask the question a sixth time just so we're clear: how is it that a McDonald's in New South Wales, Australia can pay its workers $23/hour and remain in business and have menu prices equal to menu prices at McDonald's in the USA? Forget about the tips!
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Yeah exactly, just what I thought...see you clowns can't and won't answer my question. Look what we have here, this Richard guy who acts like he's the Chief Economist of the Brookings Institute or the Federal Reserve Chairman.
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@RichardAugustMatthew19Man I just listen to the news, compare it to The Holy Bible and human history, and stay ahead of the curve. ...and you ignore questions when they're asked of you six times, and then change the subject to completely irrelevant nonsense. There, I fixed your sentence for you. Now you can go back to staying ahead of your little curve.
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@RichardAugustMatthew19Man I’ve already read all of your turgid, rambling comments - I’m not going to go back and re-read anything.
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@jamescurran6277 [sigh] this is copied and pasted directly from Indeed: The average McDonald's salary ranges from approximately $44,294 per year for Front End Associate to $119,339 per year for Project Manager. Average McDonald's hourly pay ranges from approximately $23.55 per hour for Retail Sales Assistant to $30.51 per hour for Cleaner. Salary information comes from 490 data points collected directly from employees, users, and past and present job advertisements on Indeed in the past 36 months. Please note that all salary figures are approximations based upon third party submissions to Indeed. These figures are given to the Indeed users for the purpose of generalised comparison only. Minimum wage may differ by jurisdiction and you should consult the employer for actual salary figures. You know you could’ve looked this up on your own. I guess some people are always right even when they’re wrong.
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@tylervance0146 🤷🏻‍♂️😁 IKR?!
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