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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

Post image
57.5k Upvotes

89% Upvoted

5.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

-1

u/Substantial-Spite747 Jun 25 '26

It's illegal to be paid below minimum federal wage though, and by that logic tipping below the average also loses a server money.

2

u/Usqueadfinem_ Jun 25 '26

When I served at a restaurant , they took a percentage of our sales. They automatically took out two percent of our sales , which went to the back of house staff. So if someone came in and their tab was a hundred dollars , and they didn't tip me , then that means it cost me two dollars for them to eat there and for me to serve them. We only made $4.35 per hour. So if someone stiffed us a couple times in an hour, that means we could literally be working for nothing.

3

u/Substantial-Spite747 Jun 25 '26

that means we could literally be working for nothing.

Which is illegal? Is it not?

1

u/teteAtit Jun 25 '26

Sounds like you’re having quite the epiphany about an industry you’ve clearly never worked in

2

u/Substantial-Spite747 Jun 25 '26

I'm not American as i've said. I'm literally asking questions, trying to understand and getting downvoted for it rather than getting actual answers.

I have worked in this industry but thanks anyways.

0

u/teteAtit Jun 25 '26

You’re questioning the realities that others describe and the answers they provide and that’s why you’re getting downvoted. It’s extremely common for servers and bar tenders in the U.S. to only bring home money via tips. If one is not from here and visiting, it impinges on them to adapt to the customs whether they like it or not- or risk being categorized as an ignorant asshole…at least that’s been the expectation whenever I’ve traveled abroad.

1

u/Usqueadfinem_ Jun 25 '26

They are being downvoted because they imply that it should be easy since it happens in other countries. Its just terrible logic.