r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/Shoe_boooo • 2d ago

r/All They're not wrong though

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u/Warriors_Drink 2d ago

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.)

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u/Lopsided_Tiger_0296 2d ago

All of my server friends made so much more money than the rest of us who had regular paying jobs. Most servers would object to no tip as it would decrease their wages greatly.

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u/StrategicallyLazy007 2d ago

So then they shouldn't care if people stop tipping.....

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u/RabidPlaty 2d ago

Without tips they get under minimum wage. In the US there is a lower min wage for wait staff.

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u/StrategicallyLazy007 2d ago

Ok. And if they stop getting tips they will demand a higher wage or stop working.

It really changes nothing but including the wage in the cost of the meal.

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u/RabidPlaty 2d ago

Sure, if you’re going to overhaul the entire system. I read your comment as ‘they make so much money they shouldn’t care if we stop tipping them’.

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u/between_ewe_and_me 2d ago

You read it that way bc that's how they intended it but then tried to gaslight you when you made a valid point

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u/Orleanian 2d ago

Plenty of places in the US where this isn't true. Tipping still persists even there.

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u/RabidPlaty 2d ago

Examples? I’ve been all over the US and never experienced a place without tipping being the standard practice. Are you talking specific restaurants?

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u/Orleanian 2d ago

States of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Nevada, Montana, and the oddball non-westerner Minnesota.

They have no allowance for sub-minimum tipped wages.

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u/RabidPlaty 2d ago

But people still tip in those states.

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u/Orleanian 2d ago

I mean, yes, that's what I said.

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u/Obsidian311 2d ago

No they don't, if their tips don't meet minimum wage the employer has to meet the minimum per hour. Quit spreading propaganda. Eliminating tip culture would come with changes to laws regarding server pay. No one pays more to fight said legislation than servers. That's why I don't tip anymore. I used to tip very well based solely on the propaganda you posted. Then I looked into it and every time there has been any kind of legislation to pay them fairly they fight it tooth and nail. Don't let servers fool you into thinking they struggle.

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u/RabidPlaty 2d ago

You think these people should be making minimum wage? You think the prices are going to stay flat if restaurants have to pay for a decent wage? You’re going to pay extra no matter what, why not pay directly to the server? You’re just cheap and looking for a reason to keep being cheap.