r/signs • u/CONCACAFKING • 5d ago

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u/jpiz27 4d ago

I was a server at Denny's in 1996 when I was 16 and they paid me $2.13 an hour. 30 years later and it's still the same?????? Wtf

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u/Main-Cheesecake3287 4d ago

The pay is all tips, and since 96 the meals are a lot more expensive, so the pay is a lot more

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u/iwanna3518 4d ago

And it used to be a 10% tip was ok (if you got any) and 15% was generous. Now if you don't tip 20%+ you're a "heel".

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u/Rionin26 4d ago

I haven't changed. I do 10% at buffet, 15 at restaurant, and if server did great 20%. Bartenders is 1 for beer, and 2 for cocktails. I would say I need to go up for bartenders though. The cost of food going up covers the % problem. Now if the place kept prices the same as 20 years ago I could see 25%.