Yet again, I came across a piece so good that I must share it!
The post I’m sharing this week is a from Sarah, who actually goes to the same college I graduated from! In her post, she discusses how a friendly and flirtatious approach to sexual harassment results in the author (and probably many other waitresses) earning much more money than a stern approach.
The implications of Sarah’s findings (at least from my perspective) are that:
- Sexual harassment plays a disturbingly major role in the jobs (and paychecks) of many waitresses.
- The way we pay tipped workers in the United States needs to change drastically. I’ve already advocated for this in a post last April on my blog, but I think Sarah’s post only strengthens that argument.
- We need to do a whole lot better as a society at treating tipped staff with the respect and dignity they deserve. Too many of us treat our tipped staff like garbage and that needs to stop.
Blind Injustice 