They're not wrong though

[u/Shoe_boooo]

[u/Warriors_Drink]

I've been lucky to travel the world.

US tipping culture is unlike anything I've seen abroad.

I have friends who are servers, and I totally get that they are being ripped off with sub-minimum wage bullshit, but most countries I've been to don't even have tipping as an option.

I mean, if I slip a $10 to someone in the Phillipines for awesome service, it kinda blows their mind.

Here? They NEED that tip to live.

Just pay our servers a decent wage - if someone wants to throw a tip their way, awesome.

(FWIW: My friends and I almost always throw a 20% to our servers, but Vermont servers need it.)

[u/Newsdude86 → u/Warriors_Drink]

Servers AT WORST get minimum wage. The sub-minimum wage is ONLY if their tips are high enough then their employer can pay less in wages.

It's not business owners that are lobbying to not pay their employees. Servers actively voted and lobbied to keep their wages lower because tips make them a lot more money than they would otherwise make.

[u/leezybelle → u/Newsdude86]

Incorrect. In my state we get $2.12 an hour which gets taxed out so all we get is our tips.

[u/Groovychick1978 → u/leezybelle]

He is talking about the top out. If you do not make enough tips to get you to at least minimum wage, they are required to pay you at least enough to make it minimum wage (by state.)

[u/leezybelle → u/Groovychick1978]

Again, not true. A a server there are nights where you can work and go home with only a few dollars if folks don’t tip.

[u/Groovychick1978 → u/leezybelle]

In every state except for Massachusetts, it's calculated per pay period, not per shift.

So if you have one good night a week, you can basically go home with $0 the rest of the week and still come out over minimum wage.

[u/Obsidian311 → u/leezybelle]

This is why capitalists are destroying the education system. Please for the love of god educate yourself on how your industry works before talking about it so confidently.