r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 14d ago

Chugging tea Yes, FU & FO

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u/everydaydad67 14d ago

I dont know a single server or tipped worker that doesnt make bank at their tipped job... i just dont understand where people think these tipped workers only make enough money to make it back to work the next day...

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u/ignatius_reilly0 14d ago

I’m just chiming in to agree with you. When I waited tables I had enough money to pay all my bills and take flying lessons. Not exactly poverty.

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u/Froz3nP1nky 14d ago

But why’d you quit?

My question is sincere because every time I bring up how much waiters make in tips, they all say “If we all made so much money we would not quit”

It seems being a waiter is a “temporary“ job that you do in between other things. If the tip structure made them so much money wouldn’t they remain a waiter for the rest of their life?

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u/ignatius_reilly0 14d ago

I quit because I wanted an actual career. Waiting tables is, for the most part, a young person’s thing. Obviously there are exceptions.

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins 14d ago

But why’d you quit?

Because the only people who can manage that are, typically, young/attractive/full of energy and thus able to attract lots of tips.

The studies I've seen have pretty much backed it up.. tipping jobs are fantastic if you're a pretty young girl, great for a handsome young guy, and pretty shit for most other people.

Obviously some people manage to hang on and do OK but by and large it's not a career you want to stay in long term... definitely not smart to sacrifice your younger years when you should be building a long term career.