It doesn’t have to be like this, America. Not only is tipping not expected in Australia, but when the “Choose tip” screen comes up on US made software, all the servers I’ve ever had skip straight through it and choose zero.
Servers deserve to be paid fairly.
I know how you feel, I completely missed gossip=tea. Don’t even know where that came from, all of a sudden people are whispering about “spilling the tea” and I just had to nod politely.