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The biggest myth is that of poor service workers being paid under minimum wage and relying on your tips to survive the reality is that attractive waitresses ma

The biggest myth is that of poor service workers being paid under minimum wage and relying on your tips to survive the reality is that attractive waitresses make up to FIVE TIMES the take home nightly pay of workers in the back in tips. tips are extremely lucrative. there is a reason that wait staff themselves never oppose the current system. Not to mention the legal myths. if they actually received $0 in tips their employer would still be obligated to pay them atleast minimum wage. there is a reason they dont have to.

gustavus 3y ago
> the reality is that attractive waitresses make up to FIVE TIMES the take home nightly pay People constantly make this statement as if it is something wrong. The factor of the matter is that I probably make 20-30% more than ny teams project manager, why? Because I went into computers and had a mind for it and being blessed to be fairly intelligent (at least I'd like to believe so), resulting in me getting paid more for than someone else on my team. Is this wrong? Should I be resentful that somebody was born with better looks than me and that they get compensated more for that in certain sectors than people who are less attractive or fail to take care of their personal appearance? We all have strengths and weaknesses. Some people were blessed to be good with numbers, some to be good with people, why resent people for being good at something, or working to get good at it?
- Footnote7341 3y ago
  what I am resenting is the misinformation false-narratives about workers who get tipped.
- pauldenton 3y ago
  It's wrong because you go to restaurants for food, not to get your coffee refilled and awkward smalltalk. so the tip should go to the person who is making your food, not refilling your coffee and making small talk. And if the tips mean they are making more than double the cooks the cooks time is not being valued and they will likely quit

gustavus 3y ago

> the reality is that attractive waitresses make up to FIVE TIMES the take home nightly pay People constantly make this statement as if it is something wrong. The factor of the matter is that I probably make 20-30% more than ny teams project manager, why? Because I went into computers and had a mind for it and being blessed to be fairly intelligent (at least I'd like to believe so), resulting in me getting paid more for than someone else on my team. Is this wrong? Should I be resentful that somebody was born with better looks than me and that they get compensated more for that in certain sectors than people who are less attractive or fail to take care of their personal appearance? We all have strengths and weaknesses. Some people were blessed to be good with numbers, some to be good with people, why resent people for being good at something, or working to get good at it?

Footnote7341 3y ago
what I am resenting is the misinformation false-narratives about workers who get tipped.
pauldenton 3y ago
It's wrong because you go to restaurants for food, not to get your coffee refilled and awkward smalltalk. so the tip should go to the person who is making your food, not refilling your coffee and making small talk. And if the tips mean they are making more than double the cooks the cooks time is not being valued and they will likely quit