Comment on "If you can't afford to tip 40%, then don't eat out"
jve@lemmy.world 1 day agoWonder how much of this is due to the high class restaurants where servers do make a great wage (low six figures depending on the restaurant) and the lesser paid servers thinking they’ll get those jobs, some day.
To think that most servers are “embarrassingly overpaid” is pure fantasy.
AA5B@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
That’s one of my objections for sure. I’ve gotten better service at neighborhood diners than some high end restaurants, yet 100% tips at a diner is less than the basic 15% at the high end restaurants. That diner server should have the opportunity to earn the same as that server at the high end place, yet it never happens
And yes tipping is sexist. A hot young server in a short skirt out-earns every time, regardless of service.
If you’re going to claim tipping is for good service, then a good server should be able to out-earn regardless of the restaurant and regardless of whether they’re are “hot”. That doesn’t happen