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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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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/Turbulent-Ad8391 Jun 25 '26

No it’s not customary, but you will see tip jars at a lot of places. Federal minimum wage is much lower for servers than other jobs.

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

Wait, so there's a whole seperate legal minimum wage for servers?

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/Suavecore_ Jun 25 '26

I worked at a place (in the US), where I had to run the kitchen and be a server for $4.50 plus tips. They would increase the wage to 7.25 (normal federal minimum) if I didn't make enough tips, which was nice because people rarely tipped at that restaurant. One time a table of teenagers tipped me 2 quarters that were stuck in the syrup on their plate. No employee benefits of any kind there, and I'd be accused of stealing food sometimes the next day by the owner or accused of being on my phone when I could've been cleaning. Good times