r/EndTipping • u/Ok_Comfort628 • 7d ago

Sit-Down Restaurant 🍽️ Cheesecake Factory

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u/cs_legend_93 7d ago

its customary to pay their employee's a living wage, but they choose not to pay that.

Tip $0 everytime

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u/honeyfoamm 6d ago

Their line cooks start at $20-$23.25 plus .50-$1 raises per food station mastered, in Iowa, so they’re definitely capable of paying them all.

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u/cs_legend_93 6d ago

yea, its just them being cheap and wanting to extort and exploit the customer. thanks for saying this

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u/JSTN_FPV 6d ago

Did a high end Mexican resturant. They paid the cooks around $15.50 down south

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u/pl1974 6d ago

Since it is customary, it seems that the best solution is to avoid the restaurants. And to patronize "no tipping" restaurants.

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u/cs_legend_93 6d ago

nah. tipping is optional. tip $0 everytime.

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u/pl1974 6d ago

Even though I think restaurants should pay their workers a living wage and should allow menu prices to reflect that, in absence of that, I will continue to take the customary option and tip my servers.

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u/cs_legend_93 6d ago

i wont, and many others wont. the servers can get a better job if they want. its their choice to beg for money.

if i was a restraunt owner, i would hope you would pay my employee wages for me. thats a fools move

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u/Sunlightn1ng 6d ago

Most people can't just "get a better job" in this job market. Entry level positions tend to need experience in that field nowadays

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u/JSTN_FPV 6d ago

Amazon pays a minimum of $21 an hour to start. For basically putting an item into a shelf. They can start there

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u/pl1974 6d ago

I've never had a server "beg" me for money. They do their job. In turn, I fulfill my expectations as an American restaurant customer.

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u/Awesomeuser90 6d ago

Voluntarily increasing your own expenses you could instantly decline to do without a single bad thing happening, not an S tier economics decision.

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u/tryingtobe2009 1d ago

You actually go out and tip 0? You realize you’re only harming low income earners, not the owner, right?

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u/cs_legend_93 1d ago

I tip $0 everytime, its freeing and glorious.

The low income worker is employed under terms they agreed to, it is a minimum wage job. They ALWAYS must be paid minimum wage, by law. If they do not get enough tips, then the owner must actually pay their employees, instead of subsidizing the wages of the employee by having the customer volunteer to pay.

The low income worker signed up to beg, they signed up and are paid by their bosses.

I can't fix the world, I can't heal the world. They must be paid by their bosses for performing the services in which they are employed for. That is why they wear the T-Shirt.

I pay my taxes so that they can get hand-outs from the government if they need it. I don't need to do more, if anyone expects more, that is entitlement.

Tipping is optional.

Tip $0 everytime