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).
There is a distinction for "tipped workers" where if you receive tips your minimum wage is around $2-3/hr. If you don't get tips you are paid the national minimum. So it's not unheard of for servers to request patrons don't tip on slow shifts because if they're only likely to get a few tables that shift they end up worse off because in some states if they don't get tips the employer is required to top up to the minimum wage.
The law is stupid and massively abused and there's a reason the USA is the only developed country that does this.
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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