Ndamukong Suh Went On Twitter Rant About Tipping and How It's Gotten Out Of Hand

Sounds to me like he's a millionaire tight azz.

In a perfect world, people would get paid fairly, restaurants would make money, and we’d all get great service. And herein lies the question. What is "paid fairly"? It can only be determined by the quality of the goods or services that entity or person or offering. No uniform answer will ever exist. He has restaurants, easiest way to find out is to raise the wages of his people, refuse tips and see if he stays profitable. He should put his money where his mouth is and try this theory in real world business.

If restaurants paid waitstaff $20 an hour, your scrappy fettuccine Alfredo at Olive Garden would cost you $30. There'd be very few restaurants.

On the other hand, talk to the waiters/waitresses in cities that have raised the minimum wage. Tipping has dropped. Many of the servers are complaining even though their paycheck is larger, they are making less, not more.

That's actually way more thoughtful and well written than expected.

That might be the most intelligent assessment ever posted on Twitter

That’s not a rant. It’s an objective analysis on the origin of tipping.

Today l learned that Suh isn’t the brute he appears to be and seems highly intelligent.

On board with paying people a living wage and abolishing tipping. I will assume he's doing this in his restaurants. And does Suh know what a VAT is and did he ever wonder why it was as high as 15% in some countries?

I wouldn't call that a 'twitter rant.' More like a thoughtful discussion.

I think the issue isn't so much sit-down restaurant tipping. Rather, it is the prevalence of "iPad spinning," aka tipping at counter service establishments like coffee shops. My assumption is that most business owners embraced tipping here to effectively pass on increased wage costs (especially during the pandemic) to end customers without significantly increasing prices (though prices increased to account for increased cost of materials/ingredients). Also, the increase in credit card and online/app transactions makes it easier for customers to accept a tip amount. Those "Add 20%" buttons greatly reduce "friction" in the user experience.

Bravo Suh! Part of the solution is to get gov's hands outta our pockets, at all levels. We'd all be at least 50% richer & freer.

He really isn't wrong. However if the restaurant is paying a salary to a server, than your $50 fillet just turned into a $90 dollar fillet. The cost is being passed to the consumer either way, Ndamukong