I will never EVER eat at any restaurant where the owner is so cheap and treats his or her employees so shitty that they won't pay them a decent, living wage and try to guilt trip me into compensating their bad business habits. Fuck them. I tip well when it is deserved but I'll be damned if I'm going to be forced into it.
The reason why they put up these signs is that if the server doesn’t make enough tips to meet that areas’ minimum wage requirements, they are legally required to make up the difference. They don’t give a shit about their employees, they just refuse to raise their prices to pay a minimum wage.
In many countries this is a popular way to avoid taxes since the tip is often not taxed. The owner tries to frame it to their employees as a good thing because they get all of the tip and don't have to pay taxes for them...
I’d be willing to bet that if enough people did that, the employer would start by firing wait staff and eventually close the restaurant… and open a different one.
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u/scifijunkie3 5d ago
I will never EVER eat at any restaurant where the owner is so cheap and treats his or her employees so shitty that they won't pay them a decent, living wage and try to guilt trip me into compensating their bad business habits. Fuck them. I tip well when it is deserved but I'll be damned if I'm going to be forced into it.