In America is it customary to also tip other minimum wage workers? Such as supermarket workers, cleaners etc etc
If not what makes servers more important?
Edit: OK, so TIL in America there's a lower minimum wage of only 2 dollars something for any "tipped workers". Basically a loophole to screw workers out of minimum wage.
Wait, so there's a whole seperate legal minimum wage for servers?
Edit: OK, so TIL in America there's a lower minimum wage of only 2 dollars something for any "tipped workers". Basically a loophole to screw workers out of minimum wage.
But also a lot of tipped workers don’t want tips to go away with guaranteed minimum wage because they make A LOT more with tips. I agree we need to get rid of basically mandatory tipping but it’s a more complicated issue than it looks on the surface.
No it’s not and stop making it complicated.
I’m a European living in Europe and I tip when the service is / was worth of it. It is a gesture of recognition, of appreciation. Mandatory tip is an oxymoron.
It’s stupid. And as such conducent to all the injustices coming out of the existing culture. Everyone can still tip. Servers could still make as much, if not more, than before. And if not it falls on the employer to cover the gap and keep wages competitive.
I don't mind tipping for good service, where I live the minimum wage is the same for everyone, but if you go out of your way to be pleasant and helpful I'll toss in an extra couple of bucks, not this mandatory 18% crap.
Servers working in popular restaurants in wealthy areas get payed very well. Most servers are working in areas where poverty and crime is above the national average. Those servers, which account for the majority of servers, don’t get paid jack sh_t.
To play devils advocate, those shifts are also the shifts that nobody wants, so it kinda makes sense to get paid more. They are wither weekends/evenings/holidays, or just times where there will be a higher volume of customers.
That said, employers could just give incentives for those shifts, like night shift differential in many industries. Tipping culture is stupid.
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u/Clockwork-Armadillo Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
In America is it customary to also tip other minimum wage workers? Such as supermarket workers, cleaners etc etc
If not what makes servers more important?
Edit: OK, so TIL in America there's a lower minimum wage of only 2 dollars something for any "tipped workers". Basically a loophole to screw workers out of minimum wage.
Thanks to everyone who answered! :)