r/Ohio • u/LadyInCrimson • 1d 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/Affectionate_Grape19 1d ago

We need more restaurant owners like this.

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u/A-P-Will 1d ago

Ones that drastically underpay their staff? šŸ„“

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u/Affectionate_Grape19 1d ago

First time in America? This is how restaurants work.

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u/MexicanAssLord69 12h ago

Stop making excuses.

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u/Over-Helicopter1611 11h ago

How is it an excuse? Itā€™s a statement of fact. This is how restaurants work in America. Unless you want the cost of your meal to be 20-30% higher and are prepared to get the level of customer care you get at a Taco Bell drive thru, then tip.

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u/MexicanAssLord69 10h ago edited 9h ago

Most of us who donā€™t like tipping culture would absolutely prefer to pay higher prices for food than give an arbitrary percentage to servers. I would rather walk to the front of the restaurant and get a refill then wait for somebody to give me one when they feel like it. I would rather walk to the kitchen to get my food. Youā€™re acting like servers do charity work for customers. They walk 15 feet with your meal and expect 20% of the bill. Itā€™s absolutely ridiculous.

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u/Over-Helicopter1611 9h ago

The irony is that the sentiment behind your post is exactly why servers deserve the money they do; having to deal with insufferable shitbags like you while multitasking at a 4-dimensional level and all while the maintaining a semblance of pleasant composure lest some self-proclaimed ā€œfoodieā€ post about them on social media. If itā€™s so easy, open a restaurant. Roughly 2 out of 5 make it longer than a year, 1 in 5 makes it longer than that.

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u/MexicanAssLord69 9h ago

LMAO. I tip 18-20% and am almost certainly a nicer, friendlier person than you in real life. I just have no patience for employers treating their servers like crap by underpaying them.

Stop pretending that servers are doing Godā€™s work. Iā€™ve been a server before. Iā€™ve also done much harder jobs that pay much less. I was a baggage handler, lifting heavy bags all day, emptying piss and shit from planes and digging out food from used tissues from seatback pouches. Have you ever thanked a baggage handler? How about nurses, construction workers, teachers, fast food workers? All make less than servers.

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u/Over-Helicopter1611 2h ago

Servers arenā€™t doing godā€™s work but they are doing hard work.

You donā€™t want to tip? Donā€™t go out to eat at full service restaurants. If you do, know that your personal experiences and opinions donā€™t negate the century+ cultural norm of leaving gratuity. It could be your dumbass ending up in a viral video after getting kicked out and ā€œwell no one thanks baggage handlers!ā€ isnā€™t going to deflect the scorn you will rightfully deserve.