It's 1 or 2% of the server's take. In a normal week at a midrange restaurant in a metro it would add up to 60 or 80 dollars, busier weeks could be better of cou

It's 1 or 2% of the server's take. In a normal week at a midrange restaurant in a metro it would add up to 60 or 80 dollars, busier weeks could be better of course. For a cook working 5 12+ hour days at low-mid teens $ an hour it's extra beer money but hardly comparable to the 20+ hourly servers come out with. Source, I have worked in kitchens for over 15 years (it sucks, don't do it, I changed careers ;)