Woman Slams 'Tipping Culture' After Being Asked To Tip For A $17 Smoothie

It's no secret that servers are underpaid, particularly in the US, which is why it's crucial to leave a generous tip.

Customers are becoming increasingly resentful of the tipping culture as a result of the rising cost of living, as evidenced by this woman's recent TikTok complaint after spending $17 for a smoothie and being asked if she wanted to leave an additional tip.

Angie has had enough of tipping culture. Credit: TikTok / @luckyangie

Angie, who goes by the handle @luckyangie, posted a video of herself enjoying her obviously expensive smoothie on TikTok.

She wrote the following lines over the video: "Just paid $17 for a smoothie and an extra $1.35 for a Stevia packet and they had the audacity to ask me if I wanted to tip. Um ma'am I'm all cleaned out today."

"Tipping culture needs to chill." Angie continued in the caption, expressing how frustrated she has become with the burden it brings.

Naturally, Angie's video did not go ignored since it was published on February 17; as of this writing, it has received more than 24,000 likes on TikTok.

Would you tip for a smoothie? Credit: Alamy / Skye Hohmann

Her evaluation of tipping culture is met with a much more divided response in the comments area.

Reacting to the video, one viewer slammed: "If you got the $17, you can throw in an extra $2."

"You paid $17 for a drink, you might as well," agreed a second, while a third wrote: "I always tip. It's a thank you. Especially if someone is taking the time to make you a drink."

"My rule is that if I pay over $6 for a drink, I tip too," shared a fourth viewer. "The extra dollar clearly doesn't mean all that much lol."

Many viewers, though, expressed sympathy with the TikToker and agreed that the issue was the expense.

"I usually tip at Starbucks, but if the drink is over $7, I won't," shared one viewer.

This prompted Angie to add: "If I have to go order and pick up my own food at a window, I am not tipping you."

"Done with tips until I know they can prove they deserve it," shared another viewer.

A third added: "I never tip at drink places."

Although there were a variety of reactions to the video, some individuals claimed that tipping had nothing to do with the problem.

"I mean this isn't really a tipping culture problem it's a pricing problem on the corporation's part [sic]," added one person in reference to the smoothie.

"I live in NYC which is expensive AF never have I paid $17 for a smoothie that is an outrage in itself [sic]."