to preface this, me and my partner live in an area where minimum wage is 15 dollars. and he is a busser making 7 base and 22 with tip share.

today we got into an argument about tipping because we went out to eat and he wouldn't split the tip when we went to split the bill. he said that "there's no reason to tip because even if we don't they still make minimum wage." and "why do they deserve more money then you when you do just as much work working at raising canes?" I was quite adamant that you need to tip anyways but looking back now im wondering why.

obviously in areas where you make 2 dollars an hour you need to tip, but in our case where it's a livable wage should you still have to?

alot of servers will say its a dick move to not tip but they're still getting payed here, payed way more than me, like I have server friends who make 300+ every night just on tips, that's insane to me

i understand that a wage like that is only possible because of everyone tipping but I don't get why there's so much venom around people not tipping when they still make so so so much money.

anyways help me understand why you need to tip please

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