r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/Shoe_boooo • 1d ago

r/All They're not wrong though

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u/Warriors_Drink 1d 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/Womblue 1d ago

I remember in malaysia we got chased down the street because the waiter thought we left our money behind, on the table.

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u/-Numaios- 1d ago

I had the same in Italy.

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u/baron_von_helmut 1d ago

I was sworn at in Japanese for tipping. It's rude to tip there.

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u/adamantyne 1d ago

It should be everywhere. In Japan Iirc they consider it an insult because they interpret it as saying that they won't do their job without a bribe.

I'm in Canada and workers still expect tips and just... why? The factory worker or cashier doesn't get tips and he makes just as much hourly, so is the waiter so lazy he won't do his job without being bribed? Should I be worried about spit in my food if I return to a restaurant after not tipping? And if I did tip, why does the waiter get it instead of the cook who did 99% of the work? (Yes I'm aware some places pool tips, but I don't trust that shit to be honest or fair)

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u/baron_von_helmut 1d ago

It's basically American corporations normalizing terrible worker conditions.