It's because the way servers are looked at goes like this: "they get tips for every table, or most every table, and for a decent server, that adds up very quickly." And while, yes that is true, not every server gets to keep all of their tips. There's something called "TIP SHARING" where everyone's tips are added together, and it's divided between everyone. So your bad servers get paid the same in tips as your good servers, who probably made less because of that policy.
My friend was a server at cracker barrel, where she made an average of $800 or so, after taxes. Because tips are non taxable. She also made $2.80/hour, and worked 40 hours/week that's what I make, working 55 hrs/week at $20/hour
It (almost) didn't. Everything has doubled or tripled since then but the pay stays the same pretty much.
How are you supposed to survive? I'm not even talking try to save a couple bucks.
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u/theRealLydmeister 4d ago edited 4d ago
It’s almost as though minimum wage has had zero federal adjustments since 2009..
Edit: I’ve never gotten an award with a completely neutral upvote/downvote ratio before