They’re not against it, and they don’t.
survey some waiters around you and report back.
Source, am not a waiter, i don’t know.
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the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks agothey get way more than if they were paid by the owner.
They don’t, and they’re not against it.
Source: was waiter for a decade
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Sprokes@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
If you are paid $15/h that is 20% of $75. Don’t you think that the clients you will serve will pay way more than that during an hour?
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
See, I don’t need to think hypothetically. I lived it. This “you’ll akshually make more money this way” is simply untrue
laurelraven@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Sadly, though, there are a lot of servers who do buy the lie… Doesn’t make any sense to me but I’ve seen plenty argue quite vehemently against ending tips
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Yeah… You’ll find those types in every industry really, thoughtlessly accepting boss-mans self-serving lies… like if you’ve been working any length of time you see they’ll step over your corpse for a nickel but they are paying me less… for my benefit? This is for me? Maybe if it has ever seemed like any of my bosses cared that i was a human being with needs, but naw. Maybe i’m the weird one. Maybe im too prideful. Maybe im just untrusting in general . But im not wrong here, as a rule. Why would anyone believe they have our interests at heart when we live the way they treat us every day?
Answer? Lots n lots of people.
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You must have been paid very well as a waiter to do better than tips.
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
If youre interested, id be happy to detail the realtities of waiting tables. Here’s a big one non-waiters don’t always know: all your tips are claimed these days. Your gross tips are taxed, after which your tips are split (either required tip-out % or full tip pooling) between the other staff.
Sprokes@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Yes I am interested in the details.
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Ive written a couple other responses itt, now idunno where to start. is there anything in particular you’d like to ask? :)
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I have never worked a full service restaurant but I was at a huge pizza chain for 8 years, 6 as general manager. We only had the drivers report credit card tips and cash was left alone. What has changed to make cash tips reported? Couldn’t you just lie about the amount?
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Where i worked mgmt claimed the irs would come after them and us if we didn’t claim our cash tips. I don’t know if that is true though since mgmt would come have a talk with you if your cash tips claimed were less than 10%. Even back then cash was such a small percentage of my daily sales that i didn’t really care bout it.
In only 10 years of experience i got to see the business change for the worse.
My first waiting job (at red lob in '97) was so so different from the last one i had in '10. In '97 there were no mandatory tip-outs. When i came back to the business in '04 i was shocked that i had to tip the bartender, the busser. I have since witnessed the restaurant business getting only worse. Expo/host tipouts, full pooling, you name it. One time i went to a restaurant where they shifted staff between front and back of house so everyone got 2.13/hr. Its only gotten more dire since i got out.
I don’t have personal experience with delivery but there is a guy i know who works for himself delivering wood. He would often get tipped even so, for doing a great job or placing the bundles exactly where the customer wanted. I’m just guessing but its kinda likely you’d have gotten those sweet tips even if your boss had paid you well.