Tyrrell_McAllister comments on Rebasing Ethics - Less Wrong

-9 Post author: Shalmanese 15 December 2009 01:56PM

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Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 17 December 2009 01:35:59AM -1 points [-]

They are employees and they should be getting normal salaries.

They are. It's just that the role of employer is shared by two parties: the restaurant and the patron. These parties both contribute to the payment received by the waiter, and this payment in total amounts to a normal salary (as much as anything does).