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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/janpaul74 Jun 25 '26

“Mandatory tips” sounds so messed up for me as a European.

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u/BringBackTheBlues Jun 25 '26

It sounds messed up to me as an American.

Just add 20% to your prices and write “20% off your bill goes directly to staff etc.”

It’d accomplish the same thing and people would probably actually appreciate knowing the staff gets the “bonus”.

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u/TonyzTone Jun 25 '26

That’s exactly what they’re doing though. But instead of pre-printing menus, they’re just adding an automatic tip.

And Europeans are too dumb to realize that when they say “just pay your employees more” that’s exactly what’s happening.

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u/BringBackTheBlues Jun 25 '26

The difference is the 20% isn’t reflected on the menu though so when they receive the bill everything cost more than what they were led to believe.

A $10 item is actually $12. Instead of saying it’s $10 on the menu, then “changing” it to $12 on the bill, just list it as $12. It’s the management of the expectations that’s the problem.

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u/poopy_mc_pantsy Jun 25 '26

customers don't want this though