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Are you obliged to tip or can you refuse? (feddit.online)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/casualconversation@piefed.social
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I'm not into tipping when I've visited the US, since I come from a country where servers are paid the equivalent of Fr. 20-30 ($24-43) an hour so there isn't an obligation to tip them, but that's the opposite in the US. Am I allowed to hand them large cash tips such as Fr. 1000 ($1236) or 500€ ($583)? It gets weirder: as apparently fast food places demand a tip, like really? It's getting out of hand, what's the point then?

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[–] 1 point 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

because that's how it works. the tips are their wages.

their take home money depends on how the restaurant handles the tips, and how much of their income they report as taxes. many service staff like the current system because they can lie about tax and keep more of their wages, especially if they work busy shifts where they can make $100s for a few hours of work.

and lots of restaurants also handle the tips/wages illegally, because well, they can.

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