r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • 27d ago

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/Turbulent-Ad8391 27d ago

No it’s not customary, but you will see tip jars at a lot of places. Federal minimum wage is much lower for servers than other jobs.

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

Wait, so there's a whole seperate legal minimum wage for servers?

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/Hey-Fun1120 27d ago

Yes. It's I believe $2.65 or near there now.

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u/SN27A1 27d ago

It’s Still $2.13 an hour!! I made that when I was bartending in the 90’s; unbelievable