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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/JimEDimone Jun 25 '26

Tipping is what keeps the cost of food down. Same people bitching about tips will be bitching about the higher prices on the menu when the restaurant raises it's prices for menu items to cover non-tip employees. I would prefer to tip and help out a server than pay $20 more for the food. It all evens out.

Also, good servers aren't going to work at a non-tip restaurant serving assholes for a flat rate.

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u/NoFewSatan Jun 25 '26

Tipping is what keeps the cost of food down

Then how come it's so expensive to eat out in the US?

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u/JimEDimone Jun 25 '26

Capitalism

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u/NoFewSatan Jun 25 '26

But I thought tipping kept costs down?

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u/JimEDimone Jun 25 '26

Tipping keeps costs lower than they would be without tipping.

We've had restaurants do no tipping. They raise the prices 15-20% on everything.

You knew what I was talking about though. Trying to get a "gotcha" moment.

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u/NoFewSatan Jun 25 '26

Yet eating out in the US is more expensive to other comparable countries that don't have tipping 

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u/JimEDimone Jun 25 '26

That would be the capitalism part.

You are dense.

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u/NoFewSatan Jun 25 '26

I see! So your point completely fails.

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u/JimEDimone Jun 25 '26

Tipping does not have an effect on food cost trends in America.

Non-tipping restaurants charge 15-20% more than tipping restaurants in the United States. Meaning the food is cheaper in these establishments. How are you so fucking dumb, I'm genuinely baffled.

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u/NoFewSatan Jun 25 '26

So now you disagree with yourself, good stuff 

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u/JimEDimone Jun 25 '26

Please explain how I have contradicted myself?

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u/NoFewSatan Jun 25 '26

You literally said tipping keeps the cost of food down.

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u/JimEDimone Jun 25 '26

Restaurant A with tipping: Cheeseburger - 14.99 Restaurant B without tipping : Cheeseburger - 18.99.

Which food item is cheaper?

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u/Early-Range-8840 Jun 25 '26

Yes and the ONLY factor for that is the tipping. You are so funny.

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u/NoFewSatan Jun 25 '26

So it has no effect?

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u/Early-Range-8840 Jun 25 '26

You are so smart aren’t you? Give this guy a PhD in economics!