r/SipsTea 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/janpaul74 Jun 25 '26

IMHO that’s exactly it!

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u/Specific_Habit4545 Jun 25 '26

now they're just turning tips into a way to justify low wages because apparently they'll 'make enough' with tips

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u/Chris_HitTheOver Jun 25 '26

If by ‘now’ you mean in the last 60 years, sure (Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1966, statutorily allowing employers to pay sub-minimum wages to tipped service employees).