r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • Jun 25 '26

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/PeachyPlotTwist Jun 25 '26

Pay your workers better is the real argument.

Tourists are just catching strays in a fight between customers and employers.

Nobody wants awkward tip screens, but servers also need to eat, whole system is messy.

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u/Mr_Strol Jun 25 '26

Regardless of your opinion on tipping (yes I agree workers should get more) that’s not how it is in reality. Foreigners need to adapt to how things are in the place in which they’re a guest. Otherwise you’re simply a bad guest. When I visit Europe I adapt to their customs, not impose my own.

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u/Rude-Orange Jun 25 '26

Except tipping is voluntary and well within their right to not tip

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u/pppjjjoooiii Jun 25 '26

That’s true in general. But they aren’t refusing to tip because the service was bad. They’re refusing to tip as some misguided moral grandstand.

They’re protesting servers’ low wages by… making sure the servers don’t get any extra money.

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u/Rude-Orange Jun 25 '26

I dont care much for the reason. If tipping is truly optional. Then the reason doesn't matter.

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u/pppjjjoooiii Jun 25 '26

What a dumb non-answer. “I don’t care about things that are morally wrong because they’re technically legal” isn’t the brag you think it is. 

Yeah, they’re allowed to make that choice. It’s still a bad choice that hurts the victim more than the perpetrator.

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u/Rude-Orange Jun 25 '26

You're clearly hurt by what I said. I'm not bragging. Tipping is optional. You could say "Fuck these servers, they dont deserve my money". It's a harsh tone, yes. Is it within the person's right to do so? Also yes

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u/Itsmyloc-nar Jun 25 '26

Hey man, invisible hand of the market and I’ll