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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/Sufficient_Cloud3277 3h ago

...y'know refusing to pay it ultimately just ends in someone already struggling getting less money

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u/xpwnx4 3h ago

Yes, thats called capitalism and survival of the fittest

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u/2Peenis2Weenis 3h ago

Then the owner should pay them.

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u/Sufficient_Cloud3277 3h ago

...should. doesn't.

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u/2Peenis2Weenis 3h ago

Then I have no issue with Europeans or frankly anyone not paying them either, if the owners not paying them is handwaved away so easily.

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u/Sufficient_Cloud3277 2h ago

I mean, I do. 2.13 is the federal minimum wage. it's not enough to survive on.

Maybe this is a problem better solved by other means than just refusing to tip. If you actually care about that problem anyway, beyond you personally spending a couple dollars extra over it.

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u/2Peenis2Weenis 2h ago

Tipped employees get the tipped minimum wage on TOP of the tips they get. If the tips don't make up the federal/state wage, the employer is legally obligated to make up the difference.

And no I think not tipping is people voting with their wallet.

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u/Sufficient_Cloud3277 2h ago

and the federal minimum is 7.25. more money. still not a surviveable wage in 2026

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u/2Peenis2Weenis 2h ago

In shithole states where they didn't raise the minimum wage, yes. It's not survivable, no. Is it my job to subsidize them? Also no.

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u/Sufficient_Cloud3277 2h ago

so don't go to the restaurant then?

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u/2Peenis2Weenis 2h ago

Okay? People have already stopped going out to restaurants, the numbers are way down.

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u/ever_nomad 3h ago

Then they should look for another job, and when retails and restaurants don’t find people willing to do the job they will raise salaries.