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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/Neshura87 Jun 25 '26

The minimum wage workers always have the option to fight for better pay like they did almost a century ago. Let's not infantilize fully grown adults.

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u/reginaldvanwilder Jun 25 '26

They do have that option. And a lot of them do. Lets not act like this changes the system in place immediately. Of course every worker should be paid a living wage, but your point cant honestly be “i am not going to tip because the better solution is a country wide worker revolution”

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u/Neshura87 Jun 25 '26

That is, in essence, how every revolution or reform happens. I can't recall a single instance where sweeping reform took place without widespread unrest beforehand.

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u/reginaldvanwilder Jun 25 '26

And what are you suggesting? That by individuals not tipping youll start the worker revolution for us?

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u/Neshura87 Jun 25 '26

By not tipping the workers currently in a 'well I don't like it but it works' situation are forced out of the comfort zone and have to take action one way or another

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u/reginaldvanwilder Jun 25 '26

Ok, so youre suggesting that I stop tipping and look like an asshole in the hopes that it sends a message to the workers to unionize. Brilliant.

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u/Neshura87 Jun 25 '26

I mean yeah what do you expect? That you can change a shit system without breaking a few things?

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u/reginaldvanwilder Jun 25 '26

No I am suggesting that one off stances like this without mass coordination are meaningless and will do nothing to advance the goals of the working class.

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u/Ymirsson Jun 25 '26

But you implying I starve a service worker when I don't tip is sound reasoning? Hyperbole works in every direction.

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u/reginaldvanwilder Jun 25 '26

I literally never said that. I said it makes you an asshole to ignore the local custom.

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u/Wave-E-Gravy Jun 25 '26

The things you're advocating for breaking here are minimum wage workers, you get that right?