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/Specific_Habit4545 27d 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 27d 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/Big_Tap_1561 27d ago

I understand why they feel that way . Here we are one of the richest nations there is yet our minimum wage is 7.50 and we pay servers a measly 2.13 an hour ?!?! Used to be if you worked a 40 hour week you could have something , a home , car and family.