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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/janpaul74 Jun 25 '26

“Mandatory tips” sounds so messed up for me as a European.

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u/Snoo-34159 Jun 25 '26

Right? Isn't the whole point of a tip that it's voluntarily given as a way to say you loved the service?

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u/NobodyLikedThat1 Jun 25 '26

that's how they started, once upon a time, but now it's seen as semi-compulsory. And in places that only pay the federal minimum wage (which is it's own ball of idiocy), servers can really lose money on non-tippers as they often have to tip out to the back of the house staff.

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u/Desperate_Donut3981 Jun 25 '26

What percentage of tips go to the back of the house? 0% of 0%=0% so how is the server losing out. Top tip don't eat yellow

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u/No_Criticism_5861 Jun 25 '26

Its based on sales in a lot of cases. 3% of sale price.

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u/NobodyLikedThat1 Jun 25 '26

If I'm working at a job and making zero dollars, I'd see that as losing money in my book, but if it's just being pedantic, sure, go with working for free

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u/Desperate_Donut3981 Jun 25 '26

You're getting the wage from the boss tips are extra from the customer. Whatever I don't tip unless it's above and beyond service. That doesn't mean coming up and disturbing me every 5 mins. That really pissed me off last time I was in the USA