Imagine Americans going to other countries and complaining that they don’t get free refills or free water and saying stuff like “if you’d just increase the cost of everything, you could afford to offer free refills and free water”

Like, I agree, tipping culture sucks and I wish it wasn’t the norm in America but IT IS and to just go there and pretend like they should change overnight for tourists is such a wild take.

This is it 100%.

I’m shocked at the amount of responses here willing to make the workers suffer so that they can continue getting their food/drinks and supporting the owners taking advantage of the system.

ah yes, put the onus on the people just trying to survive while still patronizing the restaurant that the owner continues to make profits on.

If you feel this strongly, you should boycott all restaurants that make their servers rely on tips.

Wait you take a moral stand against McDonald’s but are willing to stiff workers at restaurants and support owners that are taking advantage of them? This take makes no sense.

but the payoff for Garry was SO good.

You’re the first person I’ve ever seen that made it that far into The Wire and didn’t like it. Are you American? If not, I think that maybe makes more sense. For Americans, it’s just such a great representation of so many things that every city experiences. And the fact that you see the same story from so many different perspectives is just SO compelling. I think it should be watched/taught in high schools because of how many perspectives it gives on the plights of society in American cities.

I really hope the rest of the world can step up and fill the void the US is leaving 🤞

I think it’s important to note that quote was from 2015.