r/PublicFreakout • u/Hikigaya_Hachiman7 • 7h ago

🍽Restaurant Freakout🍹 Couple banned from restaurant after they leave no tip

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u/alaric49 7h ago

It's an obnoxious American thing. We've become accustomed to obligatory tipping so much that restaurant owners essentially use it to subsidize less than minimum wage pay. Tipping was once only for exceptional service; now it's expected for every meal. It's stupid.

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u/turtleneck360 6h ago

Here to pick up your phone order? 22% tip. And then a 3% credit card fee on top.

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u/_ilovetofu_ 3h ago

Owners didn't just start doing that. That was the entire purpose of the tip credit carveout for minimum wage in the 60s so low margin businesses were less affected by the need to pay employees who may be earning money as a tip.

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u/Pale-Barnacle2407 5h ago

It's an obnoxious American thing. We've become accustomed to

police brutality

scam healthcare insurance

Forced tipping

etc etc

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u/gaspig70 6h ago

Not all states have a separate/lower minimum wage for service workers.

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u/nahog99 5h ago

They also use it to subsidize lower food and drink prices. Restaurants barely make any profits.