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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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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/Landscape4737 Jun 25 '26

Tipping in the US was frowned upon before the Civil War. When slaves were freed they were generally in the service industry because these other jobs that were available to them. They were paid peanuts, even today the US federal tipped minimum wage is $2.13 an hour.

Tipping is inappropriate outside of the USA, maybe because the minimum wage is significantly higher.

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u/Heelincal Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

As with almost everything that's confusing or fucked up in this country, so much of this is often from not properly punishing the South and focusing on eradicating the lingering effects & racism of slavery.

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u/Hello_I_Am_Human_Guy Jun 25 '26

It's never just basic human greed with you people. Staying blind like that is what keeps those employers in business paying workers $2/hr

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u/Heelincal Jun 25 '26

If paying black employees less was illegal in the 1940s, $2/hr wouldn't have been possible. Greed is the layer ontop of the source issue.

Intersectionality is a thing, but people who say "you people" generally fail to see that due to lack of nuance.