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akkartik  ·  4302 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Black Folk Don't: Tip

If it was just Topsy waiting on just Eva every single meal that would be easy to see. But when things get more transactional and less.. relationship-al there's less incentive to turn the other cheek. Even if you were nice to them and they started tipping better, somebody else benefits. It's hard to think "what goes around comes around" at such times, I imagine. That's why we have the tragedy of the commons.