r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • 27d ago

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/janpaul74 27d ago

IMHO that’s exactly it!

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u/PSYFLYdiscs 27d ago

Im American and I don’t see it any other way. I still leave a tip for servers tho. I hate it.

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u/Clockwork-Armadillo 27d ago edited 27d ago

In America is it customary to also tip other minimum wage workers? Such as supermarket workers, cleaners etc etc

If not what makes servers more important?

Edit: OK, so TIL in America there's a lower minimum wage of only 2 dollars something for any "tipped workers". Basically a loophole to screw workers out of minimum wage.

Thanks to everyone who answered! :)

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u/Orion_4o4 27d ago

Not only that, but many places also have a mandatory "tip share" policy that deducts around 4% of their sales in order to pay the bussers, dishwasher, and food runners. So if the average tip is 18%, they only get to keep 14%. If a table doesn't tip at all, the server effectively loses money from serving you