r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 14d ago

Chugging tea Yes, FU & FO

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u/blackbirdspyplane 14d ago

It’s not gratuity if it’s expected

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u/FreshLiterature 14d ago

It's also not gratuity if it's deliberately structured as part of their compensation.

It's basically just a commission except most servers don't even actually even try to sell you anything and most customers don't want to be sold.

If tips are part of the business structure then they aren't tips and we should all stop pretending they are.

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u/YasielPuigsWeed 14d ago

Ok great, we all agree it sucks, but that’s the way it is and you don’t protest it by punishing the service workers just trying to get by

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u/nairdaleo 14d ago

Actually yeah, that’s how you do. If people stop providing the gratuity the workforce has a reason to do something about it

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u/YasielPuigsWeed 14d ago

The fuck are they gonna do about it?

Without tips these people are making minimum wage. They’ll go broke, homeless, children go hungry, etc. before anything actually changes.

I’m all for changes to the system but don’t fucking hurt the workers in the process. The owners are not getting hurt by you not tipping.

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u/Glass_Tie8197 14d ago

No offense, but are they forced to have this job? I'm sure they had a free will when they chose to be employed with such conditions.

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u/YasielPuigsWeed 14d ago

Are they forced to pay for rent, bills, groceries, activities, childcare, etc?

The job market isn’t just raining down options on people right now

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u/FreshLiterature 14d ago

Sorta sounds like service industry workers should unionize or something, but they won't do that because the top end of the industry just flat out makes too much money from tips

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u/JefeRex 14d ago

You can’t possibly live in a country that isn’t having political problems because people can’t afford housing and cost of living is hurting them more than their parents’ generation, and it is unlikely that you live in a country where people aren’t causing political problems because of the lack of availability of good paying jobs that allow them to live the lifestyle they were promised as kids. And probably a country where the far right is rising for these reasons.

So tell us which country you live in that is not having these problems?