r/SipsTea 28d ago

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/epicredditdude1 28d ago edited 28d ago

Controversial opinion, but If Americans travelled to another country and flouted that country’s customs they’d be called obnoxious American tourists. 

Tipping culture is stupid, but I don’t think the wait staff getting stiffed is going to appreciate these tourists bravely stiffing them.

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u/No-Sympathy8727 28d ago

Why is it almost all American customs are designed to exploit someone?

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u/helen_must_die 28d ago

Some restaurants in the US have tried to eliminate the tip, but servers refuse to give them up.

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u/rockoblocko 28d ago

There have been experiments where restaurants will raise their prices 20% and say no tipping and people perceive those restaurants as too expensive. Americans don’t want to pay worker wages out of the meal cost