In general, Sonic Customers should not feel obligated to tip Sonic servers

-- Arguments -- I. Social Norm It is a social norm in Western society that if a server brings you your food, to your table, to your door or to your car via drive in, then you tip them. Sonic workers fall into this category of workers who bring you your food and if utilized properly Sonic workers will wait on you as if you were at your typical sit down restaurant. Therefore, they meet the requirements for the types of workers who normally receive some kind of tip in Western society and therefore should receive one without discrimination.II. Minimum Wage for Tipped WorkersSonic workers work under waitress wages, meaning they are paid less than minimum wage because they are counting on tips to supplement. In Florida, my home state, tipped workers only get $4/hr. [1] By not tipping these people you are robbing them of part of their wage they are counting on. Sonic nationally pays their workers 9% below market value. [2] By not tipping you are hurting average workers who are counting on tips to supplement their wages. -- Counter Arguments -- 1. WorkMy opponent claims that Sonic carhops don't work enough to deserve a tip. As I pointed out, their full wage depends on a tip so by not tipping you are saying they're only doing work that deserves roughly $4/hr. My opponent thinks that all carhops do is ferry food back and forth but that is simply not the case. Sonic workers take the orders from inside, help make the food such as slushies, shakes, fries etc, bring you your food, keep the outdoor areas clean all while skating around. [3] Do Sonic carhops work less than an Applebees server? No. They do similar work and thus deserve similar tips. A case could be made that they don't deserve the full 15-20% that you would give at Olive Garden but they do deserve some kind of tip. They are still servers.2. BenefitsThe benefits offered by Pro's source show standard benefits. He also makes it sound like there is a guaranteed salary filler but the only thing the benefits page says is:"Additional SONIC employment benefits exist to supplement associate base pay rates."There's no description, no guarantee, it doesn't even say if you get it, it only says the benefit exists. My opponent is trying to make it sound like something more than it really is. Also, if we compare these benefits to the benefits of the Olive Garden employee that Pro used as a previous comparison, we see that they are very similar. [4] Should Olive Garden servers be excluded from tip due to their benefits? I would think not. 3. Unethical BehaviorThis argument is used against ALL tipping. Is my opponent claiming that this discrimination in the restaurant business should eliminate all tipping? I don't think so since he advocated for tipping people at "high quality" restaurants. An old stereotype in this business cannot be simply applied to Sonic and expect it to stick. Sonic has nothing to do with this claim as it is something that pervades ALL tipping establishments. Why discriminate against Sonic? This argument holds no real value except to say that servers need to let go of old racial tropes. [1] http://www.dol.gov...[2] http://www.payscale.com...[3] http://www.ehow.com...[4] http://www.olivegarden.com...