This Band Just Made The Wildest Statement of 2023

Recently on tour, UK band Tesseract discovered that their Merchandise Manager was making more in tips than they were comfortable with, leading their drummer, Jay Postones, to make one of the wildest statements I've seen from a band in a while, saying they deserve a cut of all tips. In this video we'll go over that statement, discuss tipping culture in the US, and talk about how much work merchandise managers are actually doing.

00:00 Intro / Story Background
01:00 Where Is Your Tip Money Going?
03:16 $30,000 In Tips
07:35 Splitting Tips With The Band/Crew
10:19 Taking Tips From Employers Is Illegal
15:33 Transparency? Or Just Bitter?
17:09 The Attempted "Apology"
19:31 The Band's Merch Manager Speaks Out
23:47 Devaluing The Merch Manager's Work
26:26 Outro / Final Thoughts

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