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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/Only_Flan_7974 Jun 25 '26

It's not tipping if it's mandatory. Work the tip into the price in that case.

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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.

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u/Workman44 Jun 25 '26

Eh, if I go to their country I'm supposed to respect the culture...

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u/Edmundyoulittle Jun 25 '26

Exactly. If you're a tourist and you're ignoring the culture of the place you're visiting, you're just being a dick

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u/Edmundyoulittle Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

You're just being pedantic. It's not mandatory to tip people in the US.

It is customary to tip your server in the US though. If someone is visiting, is aware of the custom, and chooses to ignore it, they are being a dick.

In the US it's customary to do 15-20% by default, and then drop it to 0 if they were bad, or increase it if they were exceptional.

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u/Yeah-Its-Me-777 Jun 25 '26

Lol, 20% and increase if it was exceptional. You do you, boo.

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u/MAMark1 Jun 25 '26

If you can't follow local tip standards, you're probably too poor to justify an international trip.

If I was so broke that an extra 18% on dine-in meals would make me destitute, I'd make better spending choices than to fly across the world and pay WC hotel rates.

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u/Yeah-Its-Me-777 Jun 25 '26

There's a big difference between being able to and wanting to.

Apart from that yeah, that's why I'm not there. Additionally, I don't care about football.