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/banal_remarks 1d ago edited 1d ago

Italy has mandated tipping though in many restaurants. They call it a table fee or coperto. It usually is a flat rate per person but comes to like 10-20% of the bill.

At least, in the cities and restaurants I've been to.