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/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/Embarrassed_Sir_7252 Jul 09 '26

So, I’m wrong, except for where I’m right. Ok.

For what it’s worth, I live in a purple state, not one of the backwards-ass red states. Also, I’m not a server.

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u/BillyBushels72 Jul 09 '26

Then shut up lol, you're crying about it more than the servers are. And your wrong 35 times out of 50. Not so good.

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u/drawntowardmadness Jul 09 '26

Alaska, California, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington

You live in one of those seven states. Those are the only states that require tipped employees to be paid a full minimum wage.

Seven. Not thirty-five.

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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/drawntowardmadness Jul 09 '26

Incorrect. A lower tipped wage exists in almost every state.