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Old Aug 29, 2011 | 1:39 pm
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Originally Posted by emma69
But that comes back to the question someone posed earlier - if you tip at Starbucks, why don't you tip at Burger King? They are both doing the same job, serving you food / drink while you stand and wait for it, and then take it away, or drink/eat at the table in store. I don't see how it can be either included or added on automatically when the Burger King staff make minimum wage.
It's all about culture. We tip at Starbucks because it's expected and we don't tip at BK because it's not.
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