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aqme28 on Jan 29, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker r...

> when asked why, he said they called customers to confirm we did receive tips

That would make some sense even. If a server doesn't get tips, that could be a sign that they are a bad server.

sib on Jan 29, 2019 [–]

Also, that they were lying to him.

(Not agreeing with wage / tip theft, of course, but, as an employer, you need to be able to believe your employees.)

zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Jan 30, 2019 | [–]

There is no moral obligation to say the truth when it is inappropriate to ask the question in the first place.

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