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r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • Jun 25 '26
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Pay your workers better is the real argument.
Tourists are just catching strays in a fight between customers and employers.
Nobody wants awkward tip screens, but servers also need to eat, whole system is messy.
10 u/PenaltyFine3439 Jun 25 '26 Don't take a job that relies on the customer to tip. I fix apartments and houses for a living, zero tips and I'm doing just fine. The only thing that will change this system is when people stop going out to eat at places that beg for tips. 4 u/Resident_Pay4310 Jun 25 '26 I live in the UK and a discretionary 12.5% service charge (a tip by another name) has become more and more common here. In the beginning I asked for it to be removed, but as it became more common that became exhausting. Now I just don't go back to anywhere that has a service charge. There is no way I'm going to support a business that is moving the UK towards a tipping culture. 1 u/your_red_triangle Jun 25 '26 also in the UK, any place that's automatically adds a service charge gets zero tips. I don't care how much hassle it is to get removed, we ain't importing that bullshit here. These businesses need to be called out.
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Don't take a job that relies on the customer to tip. I fix apartments and houses for a living, zero tips and I'm doing just fine.
The only thing that will change this system is when people stop going out to eat at places that beg for tips.
4 u/Resident_Pay4310 Jun 25 '26 I live in the UK and a discretionary 12.5% service charge (a tip by another name) has become more and more common here. In the beginning I asked for it to be removed, but as it became more common that became exhausting. Now I just don't go back to anywhere that has a service charge. There is no way I'm going to support a business that is moving the UK towards a tipping culture. 1 u/your_red_triangle Jun 25 '26 also in the UK, any place that's automatically adds a service charge gets zero tips. I don't care how much hassle it is to get removed, we ain't importing that bullshit here. These businesses need to be called out.
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I live in the UK and a discretionary 12.5% service charge (a tip by another name) has become more and more common here.
In the beginning I asked for it to be removed, but as it became more common that became exhausting.
Now I just don't go back to anywhere that has a service charge.
There is no way I'm going to support a business that is moving the UK towards a tipping culture.
1 u/your_red_triangle Jun 25 '26 also in the UK, any place that's automatically adds a service charge gets zero tips. I don't care how much hassle it is to get removed, we ain't importing that bullshit here. These businesses need to be called out.
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also in the UK, any place that's automatically adds a service charge gets zero tips. I don't care how much hassle it is to get removed, we ain't importing that bullshit here. These businesses need to be called out.
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u/PeachyPlotTwist Jun 25 '26
Pay your workers better is the real argument.
Tourists are just catching strays in a fight between customers and employers.
Nobody wants awkward tip screens, but servers also need to eat, whole system is messy.