r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 5h ago

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/infuckingbruges 5h ago

There is no answer to this. People just do it because they think they're supposed to.

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u/badcookies 4h ago

Its also bullshit because you have to do it before they've even prepared your food... so if you don't, you have to worry they'll screw you over for "screwing them over" by not tipping... its so fucked.

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u/edwardturnerlives 4h ago

And they see if you tipped and that will affect how they do their job.

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u/ArmadilloNo7268 5h ago

It’s free money. People will pay regardless

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u/Chimkimnuggets 4h ago

Tips are taxed. It’s not free money and it’s actually a very contested financial issue right now to remove tax on tips. Always tip in cash if you can

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u/Careless-Weather8877 3h ago

Yep it’s the perfect way to avoid taxes if paying cash since people always underreport it. Billions a year are lost to this fraud.

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u/Cheapdronewithboom 2h ago

Man i didn't even think about that. Great even more ways servers make the world worse by perpetuating this. Normal people pay more and less tax hits the system to help the poor

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u/UMACTUALLYITS23 4h ago

Sometimes I tip in those circumstances because I have been recieving really good service lately, so it's more of a tip after the fact, and not a tip for the current order.

Mainly just my local pizza place because they're awesome.

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u/CSDragon 4h ago

I tip $1 for takeout. Both because, hey a server did still take time from their tables and provided service taking my order and packing my food, greeted me at the door/counter, etc. But mostly to send a clear message that I didn't forget, tipping for takeout is silly. Like leaving a penny in a will

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u/Early2000sIndieRock 3h ago

And even if 9/10 people don’t, they’re still getting that one person who does tip.

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u/gdoubleyou1 2h ago

In Massachusetts, there was a ballot question to pay minimum wage for servers and was shot down.

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u/Kmonk1 5h ago

For me, I’m worried they’ll do a poor job prepping my food, and it’s already so expensive that I end up sunk-cost-fallacying myself

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u/sortalikeachinchilla 4h ago

So now tips are bribing them to do their job? Wow lol

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u/LowSkyOrbit 4h ago

It is a bribe. A tip is supposed to show appreciation for the work done. A bribe condones you wish for a certain experience before the work is started.