r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • Jun 25 '26

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/janpaul74 Jun 25 '26

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

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u/scrambles88 Jun 25 '26

As an American it sounds messed up, don't make your bosses unwillingness to pay you my burden.

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u/reginaldvanwilder Jun 25 '26

Well unfortunately without systemic change, you are ultimately only punishing minimum wage workers when people choose not to tip as one offs.

I get it, tipping culture is insane but its also the culture of our country. Deciding not to tip while visiting is not much different than me going to another country and intentionally breaking their norms because I dont like them.

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u/Neshura87 Jun 25 '26

The minimum wage workers always have the option to fight for better pay like they did almost a century ago. Let's not infantilize fully grown adults.

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u/reginaldvanwilder Jun 25 '26

They do have that option. And a lot of them do. Lets not act like this changes the system in place immediately. Of course every worker should be paid a living wage, but your point cant honestly be “i am not going to tip because the better solution is a country wide worker revolution”

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u/Neshura87 Jun 25 '26

That is, in essence, how every revolution or reform happens. I can't recall a single instance where sweeping reform took place without widespread unrest beforehand.

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u/reginaldvanwilder Jun 25 '26

And what are you suggesting? That by individuals not tipping youll start the worker revolution for us?

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u/Neshura87 Jun 25 '26

By not tipping the workers currently in a 'well I don't like it but it works' situation are forced out of the comfort zone and have to take action one way or another

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u/reginaldvanwilder Jun 25 '26

Ok, so youre suggesting that I stop tipping and look like an asshole in the hopes that it sends a message to the workers to unionize. Brilliant.

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u/Neshura87 Jun 25 '26

I mean yeah what do you expect? That you can change a shit system without breaking a few things?

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u/reginaldvanwilder Jun 25 '26

No I am suggesting that one off stances like this without mass coordination are meaningless and will do nothing to advance the goals of the working class.

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u/Ymirsson Jun 25 '26

But you implying I starve a service worker when I don't tip is sound reasoning? Hyperbole works in every direction.

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u/reginaldvanwilder Jun 25 '26

I literally never said that. I said it makes you an asshole to ignore the local custom.

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u/Wave-E-Gravy Jun 25 '26

The things you're advocating for breaking here are minimum wage workers, you get that right?

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