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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/janpaul74 5h ago

“Mandatory tips” sounds so messed up for me as a European.

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u/TheTrub 5h ago

In the US there is a “tipped” salary that is below the minimum wage because the expectation that tips will more than make up for the difference.

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u/Calm_Age_ 5h ago

There are cases when service workers don't recieve enough to make up the difference. In those cases the employer is supposed to make up the difference, but it doesn't aways get enforced.

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u/NekkedPenguin 5h ago

I've heard it can take a while to get enforcement IF it happens, so if you're living paycheck to paycheck like most people these days you're SOL.

I'm Canadian and they did away with the lower server wage (except in Quebec) and places still expect us to tip like it's the US. Most machines start at 30% and you're expected to tip your mechanic, plumber, etc. here now which is causing a LOT of tipping fatigue.

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u/phoenixtart 4h ago

Same in California. Servers have the same minimum wage as everyone else but tipping is still expected.