Why a waiter refused my tip in Iceland

I learned something very important about unions while I was in Iceland last week.

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[MegaLolman77]

thumps up ef þú ert íslendingur

[Ianmundo]

@RedTory59 are they bankrupt? I am a foreigner living in Iceland and I assure you that there remains plenty of wealth, admittedly there were many people adversely affected by the crash in '08 but the people here have jobs, homes, nice cars and disposable income which as far as I can tell buys them what is still a 1st class standard of living. With 2% annual growth there is reason to be optimistic about Iceland's future

[Clanki]

Sadly there aren't good wages anymore.

I am unemployed in Iceland and even when I had a job I couldn't afford renting an appartment & paying for food.

[feymuz]

heimsku íslendingar

[steinarao]

@RedTory59 You obviously have no idea what the fuck you are talking about. Stupid man!

[gjonsson]

I remeber when I was young and worked on the passanger ship Gullfoss, routing from Reykjavík trhough Fareoe Islands to Copenhagen as an assistant bartender in the 1st Class Lounge, On my third day I was ordered to go to see the captain and everybody felt sorry for me. The captain said I had offended many passangers. I refused and said I knew manners and customers service and I served well. He then smiled and said, "You refused to receive tips and doing that you tell customer you don't like him".

[Mastermind12358]

@RedTory59

bankrupt?we will never be bankrupt.it simply wont happend

btw there is still lot of wealth in Iceland. when i walked home from school today (takes about 15min) i saw around 10 Porsche's (nothing unusual). that did include one panamera (the ones that came first in 2010). two or three cayenne (the facelifted one, so theyre like one or two years old. the rest were old cayennes and 911. If you stop at red light in Iceland its not unusal sight to see two or three Range rovers

[Somethingafw]

@24kobe24balla Ehh no, far from it if the government is in billions of dollars debt then it is definitely not one of the richest in the world.

[gihaification]

What a country is working? and isnt 100% libertarian? HOW IS THIS SO?! IF ONLY THEY COULD HAVE THE FREEDOMS LIKE SOMALIA!

I never understand why progressives dont keep bringing this arguement up. When ever the right spews out their batship insane ideology why the left doesn't just say, "Thats nice, cept theres no where that has ever worked, yet when we look at Any of the countries that score better then us they have completely the opposite law, Lets do that and win like they are"

[MrArnaldur]

Þetta er ekki allveg rétt. Ég er búinn að vinna við þjónastarf yfir 10 ár og flestir ef ekki allir voru mjög ánægð ef tips var gefið.

[siggitiggi]

Tipping is a choice not a need. If you get good service you tip them. If you don't or can't afford it you don't even think about it.