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Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:48 pm
by Basefree
ChipSuey wrote:I noticed you're from Finland, which based on my limited knowledge of European countries is pretty much a socialist wonderland where people are generally paid what they're worth.
Where I live (USA! USA! WOOOOO!) they treat workers as disposable interchangable cogs in a machine. You can't blame "tipping culture", but you can blame business lobbyists in 3000$ suits and multinational corporations who pretty much dehumanize everyone in pursuit of an almighty dollar.
If I can help out the single mom working two jobs by throwing down 20% on the rare times I do eat out and treat her like a human being, it's a fair trade.
If lobbying is behind it, you are right in what you say. I must also underestimate how easily a change could come about in a country your size. I mostly mirror it to my own country (we are only 5 million in population).
The way I'd see it here is that by being ethical and tipping, you also support the unethical below-minimum wage in long term -- if it's clear tipping helps the workers get by, a fix is not first on anybody's priority list. But this is a double-edged sword (eg. the mom example), more there than here (we've support systems).
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:59 pm
by nick47
Can this thread fucking die already? Seriously, lock this shit up!
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:34 pm
by North by North
nick47 wrote:Can this thread fucking die already? Seriously, lock this shit up!
BOARDS OF CANADA RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Had to bring this back to a BoC related conversation.
Can't believe the mods let us dive so far off the deep end in this section of the forum. Was amusing though.
BOARDS OF CANADA RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:47 pm
by Basefree
nick47 wrote:Can this thread fucking die already? Seriously, lock this shit up!
This thread will inspire the double M to create a vignette simply named 'Tip' for their next release, in which they sample Reservoir Dogs. After intensive listening and decoding of the clues we will be able to form their stance to this issue.
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:08 pm
by FernieCanto
Basefree wrote:This thread will inspire the double M to create a vignette simply named 'Tip' for their next release, in which they sample Reservoir Dogs. After intensive listening and decoding of the clues we will be able to form their stance to this issue.
Dude, they already did that! What? Did you think
Magic Window was REALLY an empty track??
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:44 pm
by Basefree
FernieCanto wrote:Basefree wrote:This thread will inspire the double M to create a vignette simply named 'Tip' for their next release, in which they sample Reservoir Dogs. After intensive listening and decoding of the clues we will be able to form their stance to this issue.
Dude, they already did that! What? Did you think
Magic Window was REALLY an empty track??
The crc without null samples for Magic Window is 00000000. In hex, this is black color with six digits. Black is more negative than positive, so it means no. Boards of Canada doesn't support tipping.
You can now lock this thread.
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:49 pm
by Stickyfingers72
Anyway, I'll have the flash fried prawns with chilli, lemon and parsley. And a bean salad.
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:13 pm
by b0qurant
My girlfriend is a tour guide at our school over the summer. A few weeks ago she texted my saying that she guided some guy and his mom ... the guy was wearing a BoC shirt. I instantly thought "Wow, I'd really like to meet that guy! And I hope he comes to our school!"
I'm giving you guys this short anecdote because, yes, to an extent, we all think like this. And it's kind of hilarious. This is why people say that the fans are "cult-like"
I know this happens with every band, but it's a bit more extreme with BoC ... at least in my opinion.
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 4:06 am
by TOYOTAセ
Cherry picking. It's just best to ignore those people.
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 5:18 am
by azamarro
She probably tipped you a weird amount to make the total $60.10.
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:10 am
by Jonse
Basefree wrote:I don't look down on anybody or classify you as anything, but truth is it shouldn't be on customer's responsibility to ensure worker's minimum wage. The employer should. Things have fixed values for a reason, such as preventing problems this thread has earlier demonstrated. The tipping culture is probably in the end only preventing these wages from being raised, which is pretty detrimental to its purpose.