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Also, restaurant staff only earn $2 an hour!? I didn’t realise wages were that low..! Maybe I should be tipping every time.

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Depends on the state. Iirc, my state requires tipped workers make at least minimum wage.

Rather than tipping more, have you considered not visiting third world hell holes? Canada's real close, but they have a civilized nation up there.

All states require tipped workers to make at least minimum wage, that's what a minimum wage is. However, usually they can make part of that wage in tips. In theory, if they make less then minimum wage in tips plus hourly wage, the employer is supposed to make up the difference. In practice, that doesn't always happen.

Canada is not a third world hell hole, but our tipping culture is just as bad as the US. Perhaps even worse.

I was absolutely not intending to say or implying that Canada is anything less than a first world country. The USA is a third world shithole though.

Ugh, that's unfortunate. Its been too long, but last I was in Canada, tipping was way less out of control than in the US.

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