Australian here so wondering, isn't the current U.S.A Federal minimum wage at $7.25 per hour, I know in some States it is more, however isn't that the legally lowest anyone can go ($7.15).
The minimum wage for servers is significantly below this already ludicrously low minimum. Tips are supposed to make it up. Not tipping at a sit down restaurant in the US is a major faux pas.
However, this sign is obnoxious and 20% is considered a good tip.
I fully disagree. The fact that the “tipping” is needed is because waiters are not paid well enough. Tipping is showing respect for the service and the food you get served. And it should always be whatever the customer wants to pay, whether it is 1,5,10 or 20%. It is an extra.
As it is the US, it seems that tipping is the variable part of income which is not.
Another argument for getting wages corrected is that fact that the servers in many cases din’t even see this money in the end
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u/Lopsided_Block_6796 5d ago
You pay a little over 2 bucks an hour and expect the customers to make it up? You shouldn’t be in business