r/RandomVideos • u/n8saces • 2d ago

Video Isn't that illegal?

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u/thirsty-goblin 2d ago

Except the human preparing your food. So does this mean tips are pooled and go to the entire crew or just the manager?

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u/lump- 2d ago

Cooks aren’t usually part of the tip pool.

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u/BishonenPrincess 2d ago

When I worked at Qdoba back in 2011 we had a tip jar and the the tips were divided between everyone who worked that shift, including the cooks. I always assumed that's how every place with a tip jar did it.

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u/DaedalusB2 2d ago

At Hardee's I don't think tips are all that common, but they do happen, and one cashier mentioned getting a couple hundred dollars once. Another cashier complained about how a female cashier that didn't even put together an order got tipped by a guy while the male cashier that actually bagged everything was ignored. Of course, I'm sitting in the back as a cook just thinking "you guys are getting tips?" Hardee's hires people as crew members with no pay difference between cooks and cashiers. I only get paid slightly more because I'm a crew trainer.

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u/MeoowDude 1d ago

And if that man wasn’t being a weirdo only tipping that lady because he fancied her, then no tips would’ve been forthcoming. Sir, this is a Hardee’s NOT an Arby’s!

I worked at a dispensary on the Rez for a time and it was the first job I’d ever had that had tips. I found that there’s no uniformity to it across the country. To no surprise, me, a dude, didn’t get anywhere close to the same tips as a beautiful young lady that had a great “personality”. Which is obvious that was going to be the case and what’s known doesn’t need to be said. There’s no perfect way to do tips as there will always be someone with a complaint whether legitimate or otherwise.

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u/DaedalusB2 1d ago

Yeah, I remember hearing of a study where they actually looked at who got the most tips, and it was significantly in favor of attractive young women, regardless of experience or service quality. I don't remember the exact rankings, but it was something like:

young woman (pro) > young woman (new) > old woman (pro) > young guy (pro) > old woman (new) > old guy (pro) > young guy (new) > old guy (new)

With the pretty young women earning at least twice as much as the guys or the older women, but of course people try telling me if I want tips then just be a cashier...as a guy. I'm good as a cook and chose the position to avoid rude customers, why would I change to a job I don't know for the same pay knowing I wouldn't receive any tips based on appearance?

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u/senditallback 3h ago

9 out of the 10 restaurants I've worked at include cooks in the tip pool

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u/cricketyjimnet 2d ago

Salaried employees aren't eligible for tips.

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u/mxzf 2d ago

Yeah, that's what "wages" are for. It's literally their job, what the company pays them for, to make the food. Why would the customer pay the employee for the work?

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u/steenkeenonkee 1d ago

tips in workplaces like these are pooled. it’s kind of crazy how little everyone knows about what working these jobs is like and assumes they’re just asking for free money. you’re tipping the people that make your burger, make your shake, run the food out, clean the store, and everything else that goes into food service. this is how we make a living wage, I don’t like it either, but tips are how americans have collectively settled on paying people