New York Mayor Mamdani announced that "tipping" will be outlawed in New York City because tipping embodies structural racism and gender-norms. Inequities in tipping are micro-aggressions that target wait-staff who do not conform to the dominant culture's expectations.
"In a rich city like New York City, no person should receive less compensation because they chose to wait on fewer tables than their coworkers, ignore customers or choose to costume differently" Mamdani announced.
"In our efforts to make New York City more equitable and fair, we are also criminalized "flirting" as a sub-set of the New York State code for hostile workplace environment. Businesses will be fined $1000 for every time a patron "flirts" with a staff member or a fellow customer or leaves a tip. We are done turning a blind-eye toward businesses that do not conform to NYC values of kindness, diversity, equity and inclusivity."
"Henceforth, a 40% surcharge will be added to every bar and food tab to ensure every waitress makes a living wage and to cover the cost of administering these new rules."
As if there weren't enough reasons to NOT visit that outhouse city.
ReplyDeleteFake news. Plausible, but fake news.
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