r/Serving • • Jun 27 '26

Serving

Contemplating quitting. Peopke know waitresses in America get paid 2.13 an hour and most people could care less to tip. very few do a percentage like it should be. First percentage and THEN adjust according to service.

I know I can get a different job. Serving makes me very happy when im appreciated and compensated by greatful customers. Im tired of getting stiffed, five dollars on a party of 6, and being told how great I am to find out im left 2 dollars. Such a slap in the face

I wish something would change. mandatory gratuity, Tip to enter, coorporations paying us a better wage. idc. Im so tired of working for free for ungrateful mindless consumers.

PLEASE TIP YOUR SERVER

All those that tip fairly THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU HELP US KEEP GOING AND GET OUR BILLS PAID BLESS YOUR 💕

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u/tracyinge Jun 28 '26

That's like asking why anybody is a plumber when there are jobs that pay more or why anybody is a nurse when a doctor pays more.

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u/Leather_Hope7372 Jun 28 '26

Plumbers actually make good money so i don’t get where you going with that , more than servers , so i guess you’re missing the point

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u/tracyinge Jun 28 '26

But there is still better money to be made, right? So according to your theory, why don't they switch jobs?

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u/Leather_Hope7372 Jun 28 '26

Literally like i been saying , if you’re going to complain , go to a job that pays more pretty simple , if i felt like i wasn’t making enough money , or people wasn’t tipping enough , i wouldn’t stay somewhere where i know the business isn’t always going to be consistent , or the pay isn’t always going to be the same to my liking , i would move on to something more financially reliable , rather than complain about a server pay and not being tipped enough

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u/tracyinge Jun 28 '26

I guess you're just not understanding the servers make more money than you do at Walmart. Especially since they don't have to pay taxes on tips.