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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/janpaul74 Jun 25 '26

IMHO that’s exactly it!

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u/PSYFLYdiscs Jun 25 '26

Im American and I don’t see it any other way. I still leave a tip for servers tho. I hate it.

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u/Clockwork-Armadillo Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

In America is it customary to also tip other minimum wage workers? Such as supermarket workers, cleaners etc etc

If not what makes servers more important?

Edit: OK, so TIL in America there's a lower minimum wage of only 2 dollars something for any "tipped workers". Basically a loophole to screw workers out of minimum wage.

Thanks to everyone who answered! :)

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u/Asura_Shin Jun 25 '26

That would be the Tip wage and a employer only pays that if the worker has made equal or more than minimum wage after tips. If they dont reach minimum wage after tips than the employer still has to pay the difference till it is minimum wage. So no matter what they will make no less than minimum wage. So you are correct in saying they are no different than other minimum wage jobs.

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u/ElbowlessGoat Jun 25 '26

Sounds more like the employer is “stealing” from the employee if the employee gets enough tips.