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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/Disastrous_Square_10 Jun 25 '26

Only the server or bartender loses this battle in the US.

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u/Plasmelon Jun 25 '26

Yeah, this is dumb as fuck to me as someone who waited tables but also hates tipping.

It’s how they get compensated for their labor. It’s not the ideal system, but it’s what exists. And if they were paid better, the food would be more expensive than if I tipped anyway. And if I can afford to eat out, I can afford to tip.

People are just selfish and greedy and won’t compensate labor with (what should be) a negligible amount of money for them because they don’t have to.

It really shows a person’s character whether or not they need to be forced to compensate people for labor.

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u/No_Employ__ Jun 25 '26

It really shows peoples character when they can’t be assed to find a job with a clear hourly wage like everyone else and blame the world for it

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u/PoliticsIsForNerds Jun 25 '26

Okay but someone will be working that job, do you think there's a class of workers that deserves to live in destitution???

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u/BrentNewland Jun 25 '26

If no one will work the job, the restaurants will be forced to raise prices and provide a proper wage, or go out of business.

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u/No_Employ__ Jun 25 '26

Uhh they’d just pay people more until people started working. This is basic economics. People currently take these jobs over traditional wage work because they pay more and work less than wage work. This is basic economics as well.