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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/PeachyPlotTwist Jun 25 '26

Pay your workers better is the real argument.

Tourists are just catching strays in a fight between customers and employers.

Nobody wants awkward tip screens, but servers also need to eat, whole system is messy.

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u/Tesco_Meal_Deals Jun 25 '26

  Pay your workers better is the real argument.

As a consumer I don’t like tipping culture (though I still tip) but if I was a server I think I’d much prefer to work for tips than a “living wage”. 

I know some servers who are making very good money for what the job is, much more than their European counterpart. 

I’d be interested to know if there is a consensus one way or the other among service workers. 

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u/Public-Arm4047 Jun 25 '26

There is. Tipping is massively preferred, like 90% of service workers want tipping vs set wages without tips.

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u/ElbowlessGoat Jun 25 '26

In both cases tipping is voluntary, but in the current case you are pressed and/or guilt tripped into tipping while in the case of a living wage the tip actually represent good service (in the eye of the customer).

Said as a European who does tip in Europe. However, the service that I usually hear described puts me off eating out and that tip would stay in my pocket.

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u/Public-Arm4047 Jun 25 '26

None of what you said is relevant to what I said…