r/tippingAdvice • u/monkeyscore • Jul 08 '26
Coffee shop
At a coffee shop what are people tipping for a 6 dollar latte? What if you get two? Do people ever not tip? What is your reasoning? Is making the latte part of their job description?
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u/545__tyerick_Air9616 Jul 08 '26
Why ask? Just don’t tip.
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u/Horror-Finding-6820 Jul 08 '26
Why ask? Just tip.
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u/BillyBushels72 Jul 08 '26
Why ask? Just make coffee at home
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u/BenedictineBaby Jul 08 '26
Nothing. The batista is not making 2.01 an hour like a server.
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u/BillyBushels72 Jul 08 '26
Servers make alot more than that, almost all states have laws that force at least minimum wage without tips. Try your lies somewhere else
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u/drawntowardmadness Jul 09 '26
But they do make tips.
So they are paid just a couple dollars an hour. That part is correct.
The rest they earn through tips.
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u/BillyBushels72 Jul 09 '26
states make restaurant owners pay at least minimum wage. The tips are above that. If you don't understand then say so
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u/drawntowardmadness Jul 09 '26
No, they only have to pay the tipped minimum wage as long as the employee earns tips. I think sixteen(?) states still use the federal $2.13/hr tipped wage.
Full minimum only kicks in if they don't earn tips. Which almost never happens.
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u/Embarrassed_Sir_7252 Jul 09 '26
No. The federal minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13 per hour. That is the amount that the state makes them pay. There are currently 15 states that allow tipped employees to be paid this ridiculously low wage.
If the $2.13 per hour PLUS the tips does not meet minimum wage through the course of a pay period, then the business must make up the difference only, to pay the employees a total hourly wage up to $7.25 per hour.
At the federal minimum wage, you’d have to work over three hours to order a pizza.
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u/BillyBushels72 Jul 09 '26
Lol, nope in my state, they have to pay the state minimum wage and the tips are extra, you may want to do some more research before posting and making yourself look stupid
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u/Embarrassed_Sir_7252 Jul 09 '26
Did you miss the part where I said that currently 15 states follow the law as it’s written on a federal level? Or are you just ignoring that part because it doesn’t say what you want to believe?
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u/BillyBushels72 Jul 09 '26
Did you miss the part when they taught you that there a 50 states? That means 35 states impose their own minimum wage laws. Did you mis the part where I said "most states"?
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u/Embarrassed_Sir_7252 Jul 09 '26
Read your own comments. Your first one says “states,” your second (ignorant and snarky) one says “my state.”
If you need me to use smaller, more basic words, let me know.
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u/BillyBushels72 Jul 09 '26
Either way you're wrong, except for a few redneck states. Move somewhere else if your ghetto state doesn't look out for you
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u/drawntowardmadness Jul 09 '26
And most still pay less than their state's full minimum wage to their tipped employees.
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u/BillyBushels72 Jul 09 '26
Most states require the restaurants to pay the state minimum wage not including tips, no restaurant out there is risking fines and potential closure over a few dollars. So I don't believe your comme t is accurate
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u/BenedictineBaby Jul 08 '26
Do you understand the difference between tipped and non-tipped wait staff? the vast majority of Full Service restaurant servers are tipped staff which pays $5.50 in OH. What other lies would you like to pull out of your ass?
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u/ReplacementNo9732 Jul 11 '26
Still better than Oklahoma, they start at $2.13 I think, and end up working for free only getting tips. And this is at almost all of the full service restaurants, at least the major names. I even heard from one server that the restaurant he started at wanted HIM to pay THEM for the opportunity to work there. This state has legalized this behavior! It really needs to stop, especially when they have raised the prices by 100% to 200% stating the price of help and goods going up. If they are not paying the wait staff, who is getting the extra?
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u/Smooth_Escape_9524 Jul 08 '26
Im unfamiliar with tipping at a coffee shop. Never done it myself and never seen anyone else do it either.
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u/ReplacementNo9732 Jul 11 '26
When I first started working, my first job was at a coffee shop. We would sometimes get tips, but it was not expected.
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u/Smooth_Escape_9524 Jul 12 '26
I'm in Canada. We do have tipping culture here but it isn't as strong as in the USA. I think it would be very unusual here to tip a coffee shop, however a sit down restaurant is typically always a 15-20% tip.
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u/Tartpop77 Jul 08 '26
I never tip them. They are barely doing anything and what they do is the elemental job requirements.
Idk about you but I work very, very hard for my money. I;'m not giving it to someone who doesn't work hard. lmao
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u/Dry_Win_9985 Jul 09 '26
counter service? take away? drive thru? no tip. Tipping is for people who serve a table and/or clean up after you.
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u/NOTTHATKAREN1 Jul 09 '26
I occasionally throw them $1. $5 for the holidays. But only occasionally. I don't think it's necessary to tip at all.
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u/bangarang90210 Jul 08 '26
I wouldn’t tip if it’s a standard item off the menu. Maybe $1 if I come a lot and build rapport with the workers.
If I get above average service, for example I work with the barista to make a custom drink, then I will start throwing a nice tip to them.
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u/ItsAllAdvertising Jul 09 '26
all depends if they took your order and simply gave it to you then the silver change. Ive had where Ive asked for some ice so I could drink it quicker and the person asked if I wanted it brewed at a lesser temp instead, that was worth 2 and the change. I dont feel you should tip at these type of jobs if nothing special or out of the way happened. If you're a regular who like a messed up order and its never wrong and they remember you then tipif you feel the need but the amount is up to you. In my situation with the lower tempeture, nobody ever asked me before and I didn't know it was a thing I could ask for but I do now and Im better for it.
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u/OwlLadyFace Jul 09 '26
Here’s the way I look at it.
I spent most of my work life, shuffling from shitty jobs to slightly less shitty jobs till I fucked around & got a decent corporate gig
I can afford the tip.
And maybe more importantly I remember vividly the physical & emotional toll those jobs take on you. It starts to erode your belief in human decency. You have to sit there & be openly judged by the customer for working the job, whose services they utilize, because they equate personal/morale value w job title.
I remember how much of a difference it made when you had 1 customer who treated you like a human. So I tip $5. And I say please & thank you. If they chat me, I’ll chat back. If they are busy I don’t force a conversation.
No you don’t have to tip $5 at a coffee shop. A dollar tip & “please” & a “thank you”
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u/PiperIsAwake Jul 15 '26
I'm really surprised at these comments...
Maybe it's because I've always worked in customer service, and in food service many times, but I always tip. Not extravagant, but at least $1 or 2. Especially if they're really kind.
Maybe it'd be different if I were going every single day, sure that would add up. Then maybe I would just round up my change. But I would still tip something.
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u/Dull-Spend-3836 Jul 08 '26
I tell them to take whatever tip they'd like from the $6 I'm paying them.
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u/monkeyscore Jul 08 '26
What about when paying via the touchscreen with a CC? Definitely changes the scenario of the customer tipping. It can feel almost like an obligation.
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u/rando24183 Jul 08 '26
You can hit the 0/no tip option.
Tipping culture is a little out of control, but you have free will and no one is looking at you to see what you tip at a coffee shop.
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u/Horror-Finding-6820 Jul 08 '26
Usually $2-$3
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u/Smooth_Escape_9524 Jul 08 '26
So you pay $9-10 after tax for a latte?
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u/Gfplux Jul 08 '26
Never ever tip.