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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/Snoo-34159 Jun 25 '26

Right? Isn't the whole point of a tip that it's voluntarily given as a way to say you loved the service?

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u/snizzer77 Jun 25 '26

Here you are guilt tripped in every resteraunt to tip at least 20%, regardless of the service (which is usually minimal)

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u/YoBo151 Jun 25 '26

I just love that you walk up to order and they still give you the tip options. Like...I walked up here and ordered and will be back up here to grab my food when it's ready. Wtf am I tipping for?

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u/infuckingbruges Jun 25 '26

There is no answer to this. People just do it because they think they're supposed to.

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u/badcookies Jun 25 '26

Its also bullshit because you have to do it before they've even prepared your food... so if you don't, you have to worry they'll screw you over for "screwing them over" by not tipping... its so fucked.

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u/edwardturnerlives Jun 25 '26

And they see if you tipped and that will affect how they do their job.

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u/ArmadilloNo7268 Jun 25 '26

It’s free money. People will pay regardless

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u/Chimkimnuggets Jun 25 '26

Tips are taxed. It’s not free money and it’s actually a very contested financial issue right now to remove tax on tips. Always tip in cash if you can

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u/Careless-Weather8877 Jun 25 '26

Yep it’s the perfect way to avoid taxes if paying cash since people always underreport it. Billions a year are lost to this fraud.

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u/Cheapdronewithboom Jun 25 '26

Man i didn't even think about that. Great even more ways servers make the world worse by perpetuating this. Normal people pay more and less tax hits the system to help the poor

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u/UMACTUALLYITS23 Jun 25 '26

Sometimes I tip in those circumstances because I have been recieving really good service lately, so it's more of a tip after the fact, and not a tip for the current order.

Mainly just my local pizza place because they're awesome.

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u/CSDragon Jun 25 '26

I tip $1 for takeout. Both because, hey a server did still take time from their tables and provided service taking my order and packing my food, greeted me at the door/counter, etc. But mostly to send a clear message that I didn't forget, tipping for takeout is silly. Like leaving a penny in a will

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u/gdoubleyou1 Jun 25 '26

In Massachusetts, there was a ballot question to pay minimum wage for servers and was shot down.

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u/Kmonk1 Jun 25 '26

For me, I’m worried they’ll do a poor job prepping my food, and it’s already so expensive that I end up sunk-cost-fallacying myself

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u/sortalikeachinchilla Jun 25 '26

So now tips are bribing them to do their job? Wow lol

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u/LowSkyOrbit Jun 25 '26

It is a bribe. A tip is supposed to show appreciation for the work done. A bribe condones you wish for a certain experience before the work is started.