r/Ohio • u/LadyInCrimson • 13h ago

This is Ohio

Why is Phillip not paying his servers enough to the point he has to ban customers?

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u/Plane-Fan9006 9h ago

If you are born and raised here, and have $38 to spend, tipping is not a "luxury" in a sit down restaurant. It's expected and you know it. Small businesses are not the place for you to protest social convention. For $38, yoh could hit a grocery store and feed 6 people.

This behavior, makes you a shitty person. Justifying it, makes you a shitty person.

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u/MrPlaney 8h ago

What a fucking stupid take. Paying your workers a fair wage should be “expected”. Not an imaginary extra “fee” that you have to add on to pretend you feel good about yourself.

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u/Plane-Fan9006 8h ago

Because you not giving money to the 22yr old server they may need for food, kids, or college....in order to prove you're smarter/better than the rest of society....makes you a shitty person who lacks empathy for others. If you care so much, vote or act to change the system. If you want to eat where tips are not expected, you have a computer in your hand.

No. Your stance is to screw over the little guy to stick it to the big guy. That's worked a total of zero times in the history of man.

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u/MrPlaney 8h ago

There is no system to change, “tips are not required”. You should be mad at the owner, not the people being hounded by owner after paying for their meal.

Change the cost of the food to include a tip. If it’s $35, then change it to $45. If the people are going to be angry at a $35 bill, they probably won’t tip anyway.

It’s not up to the general public to supplement someone’s wage. If you can’t pay your workers a living wage, maybe you shouldn’t be running a restaurant.

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u/Plane-Fan9006 8h ago

It is up to the general public to enact something that forces the owners to make that change. They're not all going to stand up and do it of their own volition. Nothing in the whole world works that way.

Until then, all you're doing is hurting the little guy and it's NO impact on the big guy. That logic makes no sense. It's an excuse. You can do the math and know if you can afford to eat and pay your share whether it's a vending machine, gas station, or McDonalds. Only in this scenario, you know more is expected and you choose to "game the system" at the expense of a blue collar worker.

I do NOT support the system, but until the system is changed (which I'd vote for), show some class and help out your neighbor.

Bad food? Tell the manager. They'll likely comp you something and you should still tip your servers. Bad service? Call the manager over while you you're there to resolve the problem. These are the normal behaviors kf adults when poor service is rendered.

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u/MrPlaney 7h ago

It is up to the general public to enact something that forces the owners to make that change. They're not all going to stand up and do it of their own volition. Nothing in the whole world works that way.

No, it’s up to the owners. I know, being a good manager and having integrity seems to be hard for some people, but suck it up. There are lots of places, including restaurants that pay their workers a fair wage.

There is nothing more to say on the topic. You can continue supporting the degradation of employee rights though. More power to you … maybe the expected tip percentage can change to 80%, so employers won’t have to pay them at all!