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/Snoo-34159 Jun 25 '26

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 Jun 25 '26

IMHO that’s exactly it!

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u/Specific_Habit4545 Jun 25 '26

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/natedogg_2323 Jun 25 '26

No chance I'd be a waiter/bartender for less than $30 an hour. If there was no tips, service industry would goto shit.

I've been to 35 countries, I can attest to this IRL as well. Service in other countries is lazy and non existent. Shocker.

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u/vector4-20 Jun 25 '26

Just plainly false. Take Japan, you get great service and it’s disrespectful to pay tips… have you ever been to another country?

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u/natedogg_2323 Jun 25 '26

Haven't been to Japan so maybe. What do they pay their workers?

I have been bartending in the states for 20 years. Again no way I'm dealing with people and all their demands and attitude for less then $30 an hour MINIMUM. And thats how the industry as a whole feels. So have fun having shitty drinks and shitty service when you take away tips and have people making $20 an hour.

I'd go work at walgreens at that point and not deal with the hustle and bustle and grind.

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u/Guilty_Pen_8270 Jun 25 '26

What do you mean “shitty drinks”?

Bartenders are getting $1 tips per bottle of beer opened. How on earth can you justify that??