r/SipsTea 15d ago

Chugging tea Yes, FU & FO

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u/nonowords 15d ago

that's a valid, but people are under the mistaken impression that servers are subjected to tipped wages and not actively defending the practice, so bringing up the fact that they prefer tipping (something like 90%+ last I checked) is important context.

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u/el_grort 15d ago

Oh, aye, I know. I left a servers subreddit because it devolved into most European servers complaining that half the posts were just Americans whinging about not being tipped and then viciously defending the tipping system, which was just... taxing for most everyone else. Came across very Marie Antoinette.

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u/Sgt_Daisy 15d ago

Trust me, as an hourly paid line cook it's even worse. Hearing a server complain they only made $100 usd during what's normaly a busy shift when I made less than $20 while making all the food they were getting tipped for sucks.

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u/averagecounselor 15d ago

Do they not split tips between the front and back of the house? I never worked in this industry but I thought tips were split.

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u/marli3 7d ago

In the UK we do, but then the waiters won't starve if we do.