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I leave five minimum, even when the bill is 5. Unless my service is legit bad, not slow or mistakes and shit, I give 20% at least for anything where 5 would be less. People are assholes to servers though.I had a friend in college that I was waiting on to finish her double shift and this couple kept ordering stuff and she stayed half an hour after they were supposed to close waiting on just them and the guy paid the $170 bill with cash, counted every dollar of the change and put it all in his pocket and left 0 tip. I kind of regret not ripping the rearview mirror off his car to at least make him have to spend what he didn't tip.
I get freebies at most places I go to regularly because I tip well and don't screw them by tipping on the discounted tab amount. Just a few bucks here and there makes a huge difference in service.
Not every waitress job is for a corporation, and if they work for tips, so there's no such thing as doing more for less. Restaurants don't have a huge profit margin(average is 3-5%) so replacing their tip-based income with a higher wage would absolutely be getting more from them for less. They couldn't afford as many people on staff and there wouldn't be as much pressure to tip, so they'd have half the employees covering all the tables so it would be slower service, higher prices, and less tips for the wait staff. This is why restaurant servers make a lot more than fast food workers.
When you can be replaced by literally anybody w/ little to no training....your job isn't that hard playa.
Not every waitress job is for a corporation, and if they work for tips, so there's no such thing as doing more for less. Restaurants don't have a huge profit margin(average is 3-5%) so replacing their tip-based income with a higher wage would absolutely be getting more from them for less. They couldn't afford as many people on staff and there wouldn't be as much pressure to tip, so they'd have half the employees covering all the tables so it would be slower service, higher prices, and less tips for the wait staff. This is why restaurant servers make a lot more than fast food workers.
Well, no. Convenience store and grocery store employees don't get tips, and make significantly less than restaurant servers. People tip because they know servers rely on tips and it's customary. Restaurants simply cannot afford to keep the current number of employees and pay them double or triple. That profit margin is with their current payouts, and would shrink significantly if they multiplied the payroll costs. Everybody on all sides would lose if servers became hourly wage employees rather than relying on tips. It's more work for them, less money, slower service for you, the extra cost would be passed on to patrons just to keep the restaurant afloat. This silly woman thinks it's just more free money and isn't considering corollary effects at all, which is probably why she's a diner waitress at her age in the first place.The bill in question does not replace higher wages for tips it simply asks for a higher wage for those who are also receiving tips...... A 3 to 5 % margin sound ok to me -- its the same as convenience stores or grocery stores. Restaurants can afford to pay employees more and still make a profit.
Bottom line for me is that we should not produce jobs that need to be filled but that also don't support a certain minimum standard of living. The majority of Americans agree and are willing to support it which is by fucking Republicans had to resort to these shitty dishonest and greedy tactics.
I really don't care if you support it or not. These kinds of policies are inevitable. It is only a matter of time before what the majority of Americans really want becomes policy. The rest is just delay tactics.
Well, no. Convenience store and grocery store employees don't get tips, and make significantly less than restaurant servers. People tip because they know servers rely on tips and it's customary. Restaurants simply cannot afford to keep the current number of employees and pay them double or triple. That profit margin is with their current payouts, and would shrink significantly if they multiplied the payroll costs. Everybody on all sides would lose if servers became hourly wage employees rather than relying on tips. It's more work for them, less money, slower service for you, the extra cost would be passed on to patrons just to keep the restaurant afloat. This silly woman thinks it's just more free money and isn't considering corollary effects at all, which is probably why she's a diner waitress at her age in the first place.
I realize that, but up here it’s 12$ an hour +tips. At $3 an hour it sucks when business is slow.She's a waitress. They work for tips and the hourly amount is just to cancel out taxes on their tips. She makes a lot more than $3/hr.
Well, no. Convenience store and grocery store employees don't get tips, and make significantly less than restaurant servers. People tip because they know servers rely on tips and it's customary. Restaurants simply cannot afford to keep the current number of employees and pay them double or triple. That profit margin is with their current payouts, and would shrink significantly if they multiplied the payroll costs. Everybody on all sides would lose if servers became hourly wage employees rather than relying on tips. It's more work for them, less money, slower service for you, the extra cost would be passed on to patrons just to keep the restaurant afloat. This silly woman thinks it's just more free money and isn't considering corollary effects at all, which is probably why she's a diner waitress at her age in the first place.
Yeah, but it's not "we". You're trying to dictate business practices for other people and not yourself with no information on their profits. If a majority of Americans supported confiscating all of Jeff Bezos' money and divvying it up among us all, is it denying "the will of the people" to not do that? You can't just have a tyranny of the majority and people are stupid and support shit with no regard for corollary effects. What economist thinks restaurants can maintain their current number of employees and pay them double and triple their current wage? Restaurant servers are not "the least among us", they're quite a lot ahead of the other jobs you've mention in this very thread. A majority of restaurants already go out of business with a few years.Im sorry man but I feel like you don't listen well. I get your trying to put accroass your point and it's taken. I just disagree. I think we can pay our.servers more and still make a profit. I know we can. Plenty of economists agree. Did you know that? Maybe there IS a way if there is a will.........
But this is all beside the point. The point is that the majority of Americans and and certainly those in the OP want to do it and that Republicans underhandedly and dishonesty and manipulatively sidetracked the will of the people.
Yeah, but it's not "we". You're trying to dictate business practices for other people and not yourself with no information on their profits. If a majority of Americans supported confiscating all of Jeff Bezos' money and divvying it up among us all, is it denying "the will of the people" to not do that? You can't just have a tyranny of the majority and people are stupid and support shit with no regard for corollary effects. What economist thinks restaurants can maintain their current number of employees and pay them double and triple their current wage? Restaurant servers are not "the least among us", they're quite a lot ahead of the other jobs you've mention in this very thread. A majority of restaurants already go out of business with a few years.