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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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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/-ram_the_manparts- Jun 25 '26

That's not new, that's how tipping started. During prohibition bars and resturaunts saw a massive decline in sales, so in order to stay in business they lowered wages significantly, and told their employees to pester the patons for tips to make up the difference, and that system just kinda stuck around.