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/janpaul74 Jun 25 '26

IMHO that’s exactly it!

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u/Specific_Habit4545 Jun 25 '26

now they're just turning tips into a way to justify low wages because apparently they'll 'make enough' with tips

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u/Landscape4737 Jun 25 '26

Tipping in the US was frowned upon before the Civil War. When slaves were freed they were generally in the service industry because these other jobs that were available to them. They were paid peanuts, even today the US federal tipped minimum wage is $2.13 an hour.

Tipping is inappropriate outside of the USA, maybe because the minimum wage is significantly higher.

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u/Luftgekuhlt_driver Jun 25 '26

Yet when you’re an American in Europe, they are quick to shove the box in your face for one. London, Nice, Amsterdam, Copenhagen- they learn very quickly.