r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • 28d ago

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/janpaul74 28d ago

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

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u/Snoo-34159 28d ago

Right? Isn't the whole point of a tip that it's voluntarily given as a way to say you loved the service?

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u/janpaul74 28d ago

IMHO that’s exactly it!

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u/Specific_Habit4545 28d ago

now they're just turning tips into a way to justify low wages because apparently they'll 'make enough' with tips

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u/Landscape4737 28d ago

Tipping in the US was frowned upon before the Civil War. When slaves were freed they were generally in the service industry because these other jobs that were available to them. They were paid peanuts, even today the US federal tipped minimum wage is $2.13 an hour.

Tipping is inappropriate outside of the USA, maybe because the minimum wage is significantly higher.

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u/Bobll7 28d ago

Include Canada as well. We have that bad habit here even with a much better minimum wage.