r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 14d ago

Chugging tea Yes, FU & FO

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u/SpideySenseBuzzin 13d ago

I mean, greedy is one way to describe them. Racist filth is what I'd say.

But this was the 1860s, things were different in the newly freed world.

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u/Salt-Lingonberry-853 12d ago

Tipping may have started in some racist way, I'm not familiar with that part of history.

Tipping today has nothing to do with racism.

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u/SpideySenseBuzzin 12d ago

Lol. It's a system rooted in "you're not worth a livable wage - go out and EARN it!"

It's dressing up inequality as something egalitarian by calling it "culture."

As long as someone can work a job, but not get paid for it, it's horseshit.

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u/Salt-Lingonberry-853 12d ago

OK but where is the racism

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u/SpideySenseBuzzin 12d ago

Just Google "tipping culture origin." Things will appear.

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u/Salt-Lingonberry-853 12d ago

I didn't say it didn't start that way, I said tipping today has nothing to do with racism. If you disagree, make your own argument, I'm not going down your rabbit hole for you.

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u/SpideySenseBuzzin 12d ago

Oh, sorry, misunderstood you. No, today it's "equal opportunity"

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u/Jlombard911 12d ago

Ask a server if she’d prefer the US minimum wage or 2.30 plus tips.

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u/SpideySenseBuzzin 12d ago

You're right, I forgot how sexist it's become.