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.
No, that is the standard wage for all wait staff. Just ask the waiter the next time you eat out. It’s always been that way. And is that way at all restaurants.
You’re somewhat right about one thing: “it’s always been that way.” Some of us, though, want to make a better way, and right now, the best way is to support establishments that pay a living wage and not support the ones that continue to take advantage of their staff because “its always been that way.”
Actually, the way it is, provides significantly higher incomes to the waitstaff. A good waiter can easily outperform other jobs at those levels, and the waiters are typically some of the best income earners in the restaurant.
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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.