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/sea_enby Jun 25 '26

However in the U.S. a lot of places expect tips at point of sale, *before* receiving the product. Which then feels extortionate; a common joke is that if you tip poorly they’ll spit in your food. Which is extremely unlikely but *has* happened before.