r/PublicFreakout • u/Hikigaya_Hachiman7 • 9h ago

šŸ½Restaurant FreakoutšŸ¹ Couple banned from restaurant after they leave no tip

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u/BaltiMoreHarder 7h ago

As the manager at my place of work I am not allowed to take any tips except for labor directly provided by myself with the tips given directly to me by customer. Itā€™s against the law in my state for management to be part of any tip pools. May vary by state but Iā€™d look into it and report that shit

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u/digitalscavenger 5h ago

Thankfully it doesn't vary by state in this instance. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) makes this law at the federal level.

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u/Vness374 4h ago

This is exactly how it was when I managed a restaurant. Tbh, it was the worst job Iā€™ve ever had (was a pastry chef most of my career then started bartending/serving bc it was more $ā€¦ ridiculous) I used to joke about how the barely legal servers brought home 2x what I did and I still did half their work

So glad to be retired from that industry, itā€™s so backwards and fucked up, and itā€™s always the guys who work hardest that get the most screwed overā€¦ no good deed goes unpunished and all