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Don't most places pool tips? So that even the kitchen staff benefits?

• kevingadd 3y ago
  That relies on all the staff to actually pool their tips, though. It's one thing for someplace like a coffee shop where there's merely a tip jar, but if someone leaves a $5 on the table at a restaurant, the waiter/waitress could just pocket it.
• creer 3y ago
  Some quirks apparently: From the article, in NYC, "One legal quirk is that if the waitress were actually a cook, searing meat in the anonymity of a kitchen, she wouldn’t be allowed in the tip pool. Only staffers who interact directly with customers—servers, busboys, runners—are considered food-service workers." Which is one of the reasons for the discrimination angle: not all places or professions pool.
  • Turing_Machine 3y ago
    Of course, unlike wait staff, cooks actually have to be paid minimum wage.