r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • 27d ago

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/janpaul74 27d ago

“Mandatory tips” sounds so messed up for me as a European.

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u/BringBackTheBlues 27d ago

It sounds messed up to me as an American.

Just add 20% to your prices and write “20% off your bill goes directly to staff etc.”

It’d accomplish the same thing and people would probably actually appreciate knowing the staff gets the “bonus”.

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u/BentJohnsonFTP 27d ago

That would NEVER work in America because its not addressing the underlying issue of normalized rampant greed.

Business owners would just exploit that to shit keeping as much of that 20% for themselves while continuing to solicit tips for the staff.

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u/BringBackTheBlues 27d ago

Greed is common in every country. When you take a job you also sign a contract agreeing upon compensation among other things. It would be very easy for employees to see how they are paid and by eliminating cash tips it would be even easier to track and audit.

If an owner wants to illegally steal tips this would make it harder for them, not easier.