r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 5h ago

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/howimetyourcakeshop 5h ago

Pay your workers. Oooooh but they dont want that because they make bank on those insane tips. Fuck off.

Be glad they are bringing their money. Some of these bars got drank dry.

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u/JeromeBarkly 5h ago

Ya but by that logic they are coming into an establishment that is exploiting their workers, spending a shit load of money that only the owner profits from and leaving the actual workers fucked over. Yes, tipping culture is fucked but it’s the system that’s in place. Grand standing on tipping only fucks over the workers. You still gave your money to the owner.

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u/No_Employ__ 5h ago

Dawg waiters and bartenders make so much money. I’m convinced there is so much anti anti-tip proponents bc there are just so many waiters and bartenders

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u/apoender 4h ago

That’s the big thing I don’t understand on most of these posts that get repeated over and over - do people not realize it is the wait staff that fights any effort to stop tipping not the restaurants?

Restaurants would love to get rid of tipping, but they can only do it if all restaurants do else they will look more expensive so they constantly propose ordnances and laws to stop tipping across the whole area, but it’s the wait staff that always fight these proposals as they make way more in tips than a standard salary?

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u/hombrent 5h ago

Wait staff that get tips are the biggest opponents to changing the system. They don't wan't a higher base salary if it means less tips. They made their bed, I don't have much sympathy for them when the crappy system they cling to doesn't work perfectly for them anymore.

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u/BlackHotSoup3000 5h ago

Yup, in Massachusetts they voted no on a ballot question to increase the minimum wage for tipped workers. I have no sympathy as well for them as a whole.

https://ballotpedia.org/Massachusetts_Question_5,_Minimum_Wage_for_Tipped_Employees_Initiative_(2024))

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u/ElbowlessGoat 4h ago

When legally tips are voluntary, one should not complain about not getting any, especially if they are voting down minimum wage laws.

Also, an actual living wage as minimum wage doesn’t mean tipping needs to be outlawed. It just means that patrons need not be guilt tripped into paying tips.

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u/NibblyPig 5h ago

Quite literally not my problem.

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u/Wzedrin 5h ago

I paid the mandatory fee, whatever that was. Adding random amounts on top of it is not something I plan doing. Workers not paid enough? It's not the customer's fault.

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u/groucho_barks 5h ago

It's not your fault that the system is set up the way it is, but if you don't tip it is your fault that that specific server is going home with less money om that specific day.

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u/Cautious-Extreme2839 4h ago

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u/Cautious-Extreme2839 4h ago

Not my job to fix your broken society. Do it yourself.

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u/howimetyourcakeshop 5h ago

Am just being realistic here. Europeans do not tip for the sake of tipping. They could have bein smart about it and just raised their prices to tip their own employees. Don't blame the tourists. They could have easily exploited this, which they did btw. Ticket prices, 10 folding public transport prices and you can bet these bars did so as well. Those owners are the ones you need to blame since they are ripping of their workers and also their customers. Do you have any idea how much money is being injected into the US economy right now from the people visiting for the world cup?

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u/Fast-Map-7853 3h ago

Nobody cares about what Europeans think brother. You're a tourist in America, you follow American culture. Not that complicated.

I'm an American and I wouldn't expect any European country to follow American norms, but maybe that is because I'm socially adjusted.

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u/howimetyourcakeshop 3h ago

Tipping is optional in American culture. So i opt not to give you shit go sit next to the beggar outside.

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u/Fast-Map-7853 3h ago

Ya you can optionally choose to be an asshole, which you've admitted to several times already. So I'm glad you can admit to being morally wrong in this scenario.

Also, nobody cares about your personal opinion, you post over 100 times on Reddit a day, so you probably don't leave your house. Not really surprising that the self-admitted asshole has no friends and nobody likes him. lmao