A Service Driven Industry and Gratuity

Everywhere we look there are services being provided to consumers. This is not news to any of you. You see it when you walk down the street. You see it when you open your mail box. You see it when you sit down on the couch to relax and flip on the television. The thing you may not be aware of is how poorly these individuals are being paid. Several class action law suits have been filed against some of the industry’s leading corporations because they are not paying their employees acceptable wages. Many of these employees are working for tips, and tips are sometimes not given. Consumers assume that the high prices they pay include gratuity, and most times this is not the case. Delivery services are charging delivery fees, yet drivers are not given the fee. This is the ugly truth that no one outside the industry is really aware of. Drivers rack up maintenance costs and fuel costs to be paid a server wage (often around $2/ hour) and it just doesn’t balance out. What do we as consumers do you may ask? We educate the public. We educate our children. Tip the person providing a service, whether it is a delivery driver, waitress, hair dresser, or tattoo artist. Tips should always be customary whenever you are receiving a service.