Trying to repair a spice grinder. After swearing a bunch and cutting up my fingers I gave up putting the original switch and safety lock and decided to cannibalize a new switch from a space heater that isn’t a POS.
It makes it optional whether or not to pay you for your labor, which works out to a “not an asshole tax” where nice customers subsidize both the business and people who don’t tip. It also creates artificial class divisions between service workers. Why is a barista getting a 15% bonus while a 7-11 clerk isn’t? (Hint: look at the demographics of each)
(August) What are you working on now, DIY? ( beehaw.org )
Making any progress, you slackers? Tell us about it!
Got tipping rage? This barista reveals what it's like to be behind the tip screen ( www.npr.org )
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