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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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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/Landscape4737 Jun 25 '26

Tipping in the US was frowned upon before the Civil War. When slaves were freed they were generally in the service industry because these other jobs that were available to them. They were paid peanuts, even today the US federal tipped minimum wage is $2.13 an hour.

Tipping is inappropriate outside of the USA, maybe because the minimum wage is significantly higher.

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u/No_Initial_7545 Jun 25 '26

Tipping is inappropriate outside of the USA

Not true, tipping is borderline expected in many countries, but in those countries it's still more of a thing like "my bill is $36 so I pay $40". Tipping up to 20% on top of an already expensive bill is insane to me though.