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Explain it to me like I am 5. Everybody should know what this is about.

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Tipping your landlord? (self.ELI5)
submitted 10 months ago by YashaB to c/[email protected]
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I've seen some posts about tipping landlords. I don't understand, is that really a thing? And if yes, how is it justified?

Thank you in advance.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Tipping was originally seen as giving someone a little extra for going out of the way.

It was also created as a way of paying former slaves less:

After the Constitution was amended in the wake of the Civil War, slavery was ended as an institution but those who were freed from bondage were still limited in their choices. Many who did not end up sharecropping worked in menial positions, such as servants, waiters, barbers and railroad porters. These were pretty much the only occupations available to them. For restaurant workers and railroad porters, there was a catch: many employers would not actually pay these workers, under the condition that guests would offer a small tip instead.

“These industries demanded the right to basically continue slavery with a $0 wage and tip,” Jayaraman says.