₦airaland Forum

frankson1:
Thanks for cearing what why can't their employers pay the minimum wage in full than instead of expecting them to cover it through 'begging and receiving bribe' since they're all so wealthy over there

FSBoperator:
Tipping culture goes as far back to when slavery was abolished in the US.

The newly emancipated slaves were barely being paid for menial jobs they could get .

Some chose to outrightly work for themselves on small plots of land .

Those who couldn't afford land or were not bestowed land by their former slave masters had to work on same plantations for next to nothing.

This led to many former slaves refusing to work unless they were paid descent wages.

To counter this, the Dixie south passed laws that made being unemployed illegal. This is the so-called Niggardly laws which was passed to criminalise unemployment in the emancipated slave population.

The Federal govt saw where this was going and knew the unrepentant Dixie south wanted to continue slavery by all means by forcing freed slaves to work for next to nothing .

So the US federal govt passed laws mandating a minimum wage and made it illegal to work for free.

To counter this, most of the Dixie south decided to arrest as much of the freed men to work in prison plantations and have freed women work as housemaids and waiters who were paid for their services in room and board (for maids) and those waiting on tables on tips.

Tipping culture has it's deep roots in American slavery and most waiters/waitresses were mostly coloured folks up till the 70s when young white college students needed extra money.

People forget that America was founded on genocide and slavery .

Fought a civil war over slavery as an institution.

Miscegenation was a criminal offense up till the 60s in most states in the south .

And America only ended racial apartheid in the 60s.

America is not the holy land most people think it is and there are still relics of that slave legacy as we can see with tipping culture, the Prison industrial complex and the free labour it extracts from imprisoned people, section 8 segregated housing , this tipping culture .

America still maintains that forced labour aka slavery is still valid but on the condition that the individuals subjected to such are imprisoned.

thatigboman:
If I were there, I would pay anything since xenophobic south africans are out

kinzd:
You gave a very much detailed explanation here thank you so much i think you're probably into the system for a long time kudos..

Emco1:
we have it in Nigeria too especially at the Airport, even our police force they don't negotiate' it is a must. Especially those at the entrance of NAHCO gate.

Kobojunkie:
BBC and nonsense! What is confusing about tipping 15%-20%?

Ironfaceman:
➜I don't see any nonsense in the report. BBC says it as it is.
Is like a foreigner who comes to Nigeria and the police starts asking him for money. Or the foreigner encounters area Boys and they're demanding for money It is your knowledge of the place that can save you from embarrassments

hakeemhakeem:
Don't just bring Nigeria into this, if you can't discuss on the matter

kpankpangolo:
Slow news day.

Ironfaceman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tnlb4BWnjY?si=xj6UUYFMYOOwm662



https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyxgjykx7lo

Gotocourt:
Nigerians don teach USA folks beggy beggy shittts.

MadamDMadam:
It’s not as compulsory as the media portrays it to be. I only tipped those who gave great service and I wasn’t harassed or called out by those I didn’t tip. For reference, in New York and Miami.

jordyspices:
Na the same thing for nigeria every body dey expect small thing security man oh bank staff oh even the police is not left out

Deepthoughts:
If it were to be in Africa they would have been shouting bribe n corruption but just see how nice they are putting it.

Ironfaceman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tnlb4BWnjY?si=xj6UUYFMYOOwm662



https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyxgjykx7lo

Ironfaceman:
Hmm. What an exposee, life too can be hard in Yankee.

Well is better I beg for tips. Than be a drug mule or a syndicate or a con artist.

Adakintroy:
Just call.them civilize agberos and we can all go home.

If thel come here them go come complain about the same culture of street begging and tipping at airport l, while they I vent there own format with no one to critic it.

OlujobaSamuel:
No, there is a tipping system in the US which is different from other nations. Customer's are expected to tip service providers, especially those within the minimum wage bracket or below, and such tips are factored into their total income. If it doesn't meet up with the minimum wage, employers are expected to pay the difference.
Most of the time, the claim is that customers are only charged for the product the company is offering, that services in giving you such product isn't included in the charge.
Eg, on Uber, you can tip a driver at the end of a trip, some drivers will even demand for it which is legitimate in their system. For instance, you are carrying excess luggage, or lot's of items, the driver uses about 5 to 10mins extra just to pick you up, that's a service not included in the fare, it is expected that you tip for it. Here, the driver will negotiate the ride instead of waiting for the tip.
You entered a restaurant in a place like VI, there is every tendency that the waiters are paid minimum wage which can't get any accommodation around, so they have to travel from outskirts to serve you, as no one that is comfortable enough to rent an apartment in such area is willing to do such job, the tipping system expects that you appreciate their coming to such location to serve you, even though you are paying for the product (meal) already.
The system is used to protect small businesses so they can break even by having enough hands to meet demand without having to use all funds for salary apym6

Rayjay45:
Imagine being paid 2 dols for an hour's worth of work!

Kobojunkie:
1. People from all over the world are the ones admitting to this themselves.

2. They don't want to do that because they are banking on you being intelligent enough to educate yourself on the reasons for the tipping culture and to voluntarily give what you are most comfortable with between 15% and 20%.

Omoawoke:
That’s one thing I’ve never understood despite how long I’ve been here

I’ve never ever understood why tipping is almost compulsory and if you don’t do it, they make you look like a criminal

I’ve never ever understood and may never understand the rationale behind compulsory tipping in America [blokes?

Ironfaceman:
That's around 4000naira an hour multiply that by 8hrs 😲

Pacesetter123:
Then if there is this kind of understanding about tipping system even in developed nation like the US,why do we always make it look as if it is a Nigeria thing?
People go to media houses or make videos and post in social media to castigate Airport workers,police on checkpoint,supermarket and hotel securities and bar Waiters for being notorious for "Corporate Begging".
They try to make us know that such "bad" culture can never never be seen in saner climes.
So,is the US or Canada no longer saner climes?
Though I don't support a culture of making tippings look compulsory or be like a constitutional rights that you must give for services provided,but I think it is appropriate to "appreciate" some lowly paid workers in some corporate environments VOLUNTARILY for services rendered to you.
I went to a supermarket for my weekend stuff last week,I picked a basket and was going round to pick stuff.One of the staff there,a young lady, just walked up to me and said, Sir,let me help you with the basket.
She carried the basket and followed me around the supermarket till I finished picking what I wanted and she took it to the counter.
I finished paying,she greeted me bye without asking for anything.
I was the one,out of appreciation ,who called her and voluntarily gifted her something.Cos to me,she deserves it.

So my point is that,as from today that I am hearing this news, nobody should make corporate begging a Nigerian thing again.
If any staff in an airport, supermarket, restaurant,etc ask you for a tip,if you want to give, give and if you don't want to,pass and go your way.They won't beat you.
Stop shouting in every news media that people beg you for tips only in Nigeria that you can't see such a thing in America or Europe when you haven't left the shores of Nigeria before.
This message is only for those that always make this unfounded comparison.