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People I will not listen to about the necessity of tipping culture: people who work in a restaurant and benefit from American tipping culture.
by bena 4y ago
People I will not listen to about the necessity of tipping culture: people who work in a restaurant and benefit from American tipping culture.
- red-iron-pine 4y agoMost folks working in restaraunts don't "benefit" -- in several states their hourly wage is $2.13 an hour plus tips. If no tables come in then that's literally all you get. Their "benefit" is, occasionally, a living wage. There are a handful of very hot, busy venues with high prices and turnover, but those are the exception, not the rule. FAANG salaries vs. the average IT / tech worker. See also: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped https://www.minimum-wage.org/tipped https://www.minimum-wage.org/tipped
- bena 4y agoYes, I know how tipped wages work. However, I've never seen servers advocate for just working under normal minimum wage laws. That's a complete non-starter for them. And their reasoning is that they make more with the tipped system. So, no, I don't think I'll listen to people in the restaurant industry tell me why I have to pay mystery wages to the employees.