• phorq@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    In most places wait staff only need to be paid the minimum wage if their next-to-nothing wage plus tips doesn’t exceed minimum wage.

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      9 months ago

      It’s not our problem.

      They can work in a gas station and ern proper minimum wage. However, they want the tips because the are not taxed and add up to a healthy paycheck.

      It’s insanity to shame people into tipping. (IMO)

      • Jackie's Fridge@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        The issue is: why are restaurants not paying their staff “proper” wages? Why are they the outlier, subsidised by customers?

        If I eat at a restaurant, I already know I need to tip to make up the embarrassing gap between what the restaurant pays them and what a proper wage would be. Just raise your stupid prices to account for that and let me not do math after I eat.

        But no, the Great Unwashed love a good illusion, so posting the actual price of a meal will drive them away. Adult society is full of toddlers.