[gambiting]

Because the entire nation has been brainwashed into believing that it's your responsibility as a customer to make sure someone else's employees are well compensated. It's literally the biggest scam going on currently in US, and you will get people(including here on HN) passionately defending it.

[oarla]

What's missing are transparency laws. Every business should give a breakdown on where cost for a service went. If that breakdown does not cover compensation to the employees then it should be illegal.

I was even more surprised to find out that delivery services don't pay tip to drivers on top of the agreed upon rate for their service. Instead the rate they're are paid is adjusted as per the tip provided so that the total amount of money they make remains the same per delivery.