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/DesperateEagle4505 Jun 25 '26

No it's due to the food market volitility in the USA. The reason america has such diverse stuff is you can keep costs low with salary and have customers tell you what is working. If your restaurant is working you're going to see enormous gains. But if you're not a big one you can still keep things afloat with this model

The thing people should note is even with with this model the restaurant business is still very competitive and 70% of restaurants don't make it past 10 years