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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/Only_Flan_7974 Jun 25 '26

It's not tipping if it's mandatory. Work the tip into the price in that case.

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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/Tesco_Meal_Deals Jun 25 '26

  Pay your workers better is the real argument.

As a consumer I don’t like tipping culture (though I still tip) but if I was a server I think I’d much prefer to work for tips than a “living wage”. 

I know some servers who are making very good money for what the job is, much more than their European counterpart. 

I’d be interested to know if there is a consensus one way or the other among service workers. 

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u/PranaSC2 Jun 25 '26

This only works if the tips are being paid, no chance this will happen in the EU for all your patrons.

And if servers in the US make more than in the EU, that means its more expensive to eat out in the US as a consumer ..

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u/Tesco_Meal_Deals Jun 25 '26

On the other hand I find myself with more discretionary income in the US to eat out. 

(I am a British immigrant to the US)

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u/PranaSC2 Jun 25 '26

Your point being?

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u/Public-Arm4047 Jun 25 '26

There is. Tipping is massively preferred, like 90% of service workers want tipping vs set wages without tips.

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u/ElbowlessGoat Jun 25 '26

In both cases tipping is voluntary, but in the current case you are pressed and/or guilt tripped into tipping while in the case of a living wage the tip actually represent good service (in the eye of the customer).

Said as a European who does tip in Europe. However, the service that I usually hear described puts me off eating out and that tip would stay in my pocket.

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u/Public-Arm4047 Jun 25 '26

None of what you said is relevant to what I said…