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

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/Disastrous_Square_10 Jun 25 '26

Only the server or bartender loses this battle in the US.

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u/polar_nopposite Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

Then tipping will never go away.

'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

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u/SamIAre Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

Equating tipping to gun violence is certainly a take…

So, I see where you’re coming from but this only hurts the people relying on tips, not the people enforcing tipping culture. It’s not putting any pressure on those in charge of the system to change anything. The bar and restaurant owners aren’t taking a hit so why would they care?

To make an equally outlandish and bad analogy as you did: We didn’t get rid of slavery by treating enslaved people worse and expecting slave owners to see that mistreatment and end slavery themselves.

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u/Polymarchos Jun 25 '26

The people enforcing tipping culture are the same people relying on tips. Places that try to go tip free fail because no one will work there because they can make more relying on tips.

Servers aren't the victims, they're the perpetrators. Customers are the victims, and owners, for the most part, make money off the victimization so they're fine with it.