Work at a decent restaurant/bar in a larger city. The one thing the tip model does help with is providing a “congestion fee” of sorts. A server in the joints i

Work at a decent restaurant/bar in a larger city. The one thing the tip model does help with is providing a “congestion fee” of sorts. A server in the joints in describing making really good money - if the restaurant was paying say $50/hr it wouldn’t be feasible as patronage at the restaurant is very spiky and margins are low. This allows restaurants to effectively pay more during busier periods and less during quiet periods. I suppose the same could be done by scaling pay rate by shift.