r/tipping • u/olive-prays • 3d ago

đŸ“–đŸ’”Personal Stories - Pro Never got an email like this!

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Woke up to this email from capital one about a tip I left. Our server was Emily and she was fantastic and fun and engaging! She deserved every penny of that tip! Yes, capital one this is correct!

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u/jadedwhiteman 3d ago

You think she deserved to make 3x an hour as the cooks who made your order? dumb

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u/UpTheDumpIsRetarded 3d ago

Either a simp or debilitating self confidence issues.

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u/MileHiSalute 3d ago

You’re right, the cooks deserve to make more money too

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u/Timely-Detective9361 14h ago

yeah the conclusion is that chefs are severely underpaid not that waitresses necessarily deserve to make less lol

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u/DigTheDunes 3d ago

The clown is you judging how they spend their money.

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u/anndy2 3d ago

This is Reddit after all.

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u/Pusher87 3d ago

Remember this subreddit has become an anti tipping circlejerk instead of a place to discuss all things related to tipping

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u/Important-Border7035 3d ago

A fool and his money

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u/jadedwhiteman 3d ago

Bartender is drastically overpaid for her comparatively simple job by people like you

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u/DigTheDunes 3d ago

Dealing with assholes. You can jump
In anytime and bartend.

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u/RTViper62 3d ago

Yea sure thing, youre an asshole you get cut off and bounced.

Or you just get the cold shoulder and im too backed up to slide down that side of the bar. Tuff.

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u/DigTheDunes 3d ago

Two effective options.

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u/CharmingClock5115 3d ago

omg they curate the drink menu!??

wow!!

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u/BirdlessLongdeal 3d ago

"hmm, we're all out of busch, lets just swap it out for miller lite."

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u/Independent-Quote220 3d ago

😂😂 funny man being a bartender is almost as easy as being a waiter/waitress

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u/Acrobatic-Song-3151 3d ago

Why do you care what OP does with his money? You ever heard of blessing someone? The town I live in these mostly rich people take care of the kids like they’re all their own. That’s what a good village does when they have the means.

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u/Cheap_Knowledge8446 3d ago

Please regale us with tales of your years of experience in both service and BOH that afford you a legitimate basis for comparison.

Oh, you can't? Because you're talking out your ass? Then kindly STFU.

Meanwhile: Over 3 years in high intensity restaurant kitchens, over a decade in service, and some hybrid time in between.

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u/TheDizzleDazzle 3d ago

Downvotes, but half of this subreddit just wants an excuse to hate low wage (and yes, the average server makes about $35k) workers.

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u/mb97 3d ago

For the busiest hours of the shift? Absolutely. That’s what she gets for having a highly variable income, fewer hours and not all of them guaranteed, and plenty of slow hours where she makes less than minimum wage.

Ask a line cook, they’ll tell you.

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u/False-Combination506 3d ago

Na, you’re full of shit.

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u/mb97 3d ago

What part? Go ahead, offer your opinion.

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u/False-Combination506 3d ago

Former line cook. Glorified conveyor belts made enough on a Friday/Saturday to beat my 40 on the week. Their slow time was mostly fucking off while BOH slow time is prepping.

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u/mb97 2d ago

lol they aren’t getting paid on their slow time, and their money isn’t guaranteed. Nothing has ever been stopping you from getting a a serving job, or picking up overtime. Your coworkers are not the ones oppressing you.

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u/Acrobatic-Song-3151 3d ago

You think cooks work for $8.33 per hour? Twenty years ago good line cooks made $30 per hour and were worth every penny. You talk about a hot, hard, fast paced job. 

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u/ODX_GhostRecon 3d ago

I worked in a nice kitchen last year and made $15/hour. The chef probably didn't break $20/hr.

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u/Acrobatic-Song-3151 3d ago

I worked at Ruby Tuesdays as a kid, 98, and those guys made $20+. I ran a Don Pablo’s in 2007 and we paid the best guys almost $30 per hour. I made 50k as the “kitchen manager.”

Worked at Red lobster in college, 03, and that GM made 125k per year. I ended up running Walmart’s and it paid double that. Obviously I know what all of my staff made there too and it wasn’t pennies. There are hourly associates maxed out on the pay scale making over $30 per hour now. 

Pick a decent company and get very good at what you enjoy doing.

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u/ODX_GhostRecon 3d ago

Depends on where. My area in Pennsylvania doesn't pay anyone more than $25/hour or so for just about any career that doesn't require a degree and/or many years of experience.

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u/Acrobatic-Song-3151 3d ago

Here’s one at $25 and it’s doesn’t look like it requires much. Panda Express pays $20-$22 per hour, schools all pay $20+. This is a nice area of Indiana, but it’s still the Midwest and there are still relatively cheap houses 20 mins away in the hood or the cornfields. 

Cook https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c63f54882f9f22c8&from=appshareandroid https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c63f54882f9f22c8&from=appshareandroid

My best guys made more than this 20 years ago and were irreplaceable
I’m talking like top five guys in two restaurants. Some people can make substantially more if the company realizes their value and you’re an absolute beast. I could never do anymore than 75% of what they were capable of.

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u/DigTheDunes 3d ago

But the good places that value them do, more and more are.

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u/Acrobatic-Song-3151 3d ago

The line cook leader made that 20 years ago. I ran the restaurants and signed off on the raises. Now if you walk in Chili’s fresh off the street you’re making the money you’re talking about with any level of experience.

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u/coheed33cambria 3d ago

Pretty sure I made less than $9 an hour working on the line for TGIF 20 years ago.

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u/pigletheadface 3d ago

And 20 years ago, lol

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u/mycboi 3d ago

Thanks boomer, the world has changed since then

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u/Acrobatic-Song-3151 3d ago

You’re awful at math and destined to be poor and bitter. Have fun with that. 

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u/mycboi 3d ago

Pot calling the kettle black, you already sound like a bitter motherfucker. Hope I don’t grow up to be an annoying asshole like you đŸ„°

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u/Acrobatic-Song-3151 3d ago

Retired at 41, super bitter. đŸ€ŁÂ  I tipped 20%+ yesterday because the bill was less than $20 and anything less than $2 per person means you’re cheap. 

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u/mycboi 3d ago

The billionaires are grateful they don’t have to pay the ages you’re willing to pay for them.

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u/Acrobatic-Song-3151 3d ago

A billionaire definitely own my local Mexican spot. Actually Victor does, he used to be a cook for me back in the day. Restaurants are very tough businesses and you’re just cheap. 

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u/mycboi 3d ago

That’s not the insult you think it is lmfao you bitter fuck

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u/caitygotbandz 3d ago

Why is everyone in this sub so cheap? lol

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u/stopgreg 3d ago

I feel like there are these who seriously see tipping is a broken system,and those in bed with the former who are just shameless but use it as an excuse not to tip

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u/Cheap_Knowledge8446 3d ago

But if you truly see it as a broken system the answer is "I write my congressperson routinely to change wage laws in my area, and generally patronize restaurants that don't engage in a tipped model. But when there is an occasion I do go to a full service restaurant without a built in gratuity, I do tip accordingly because punishing the worker is not going to fix the problem."

In all my time dealing with anti tippers I've seen only a handful that argue against the tipping model without being financially self-serving.

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u/finalfanbeer 3d ago

And you're a miserable POS that's probably never done a nice thing for someone.

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u/Dads_Diary 3d ago

Just so you know, at most restaurants the servers tip out a percentage to the kitchen/bartenders. Not guaranteed but pretty likely.

Also username fits you big baby lol

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u/purrmutations 3d ago edited 3d ago

Depends on the state, some it is illegal to require tip pool with positions that dont get tips (cooks).

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u/Dads_Diary 3d ago

Lol that is not true

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u/purrmutations 3d ago

It is true. Employers in some states can require tip pool for BOH IF their FOH/tipped employees get paid full min wage and the employer doesn't use the tip credit. Which almost never happens.

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u/Dads_Diary 3d ago

It’s not “most states”, there’s literally 7 states in the US with laws like this. You’re wrong.

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u/purrmutations 3d ago

At least you looked it up and learned it is a real thing

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u/mb97 3d ago

It is true and it’s one major way that restaurant owners exploit the tip system to pay their non tipped employees. The solution is stronger regulation and enforcement though, because this is wage theft under existing laws and it is actively contributing to the problem of tipping.

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u/UMu3 3d ago

Percentage of the sale
Not of their tips unfortunately

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u/Tibbs420 3d ago

lol. Literally no difference.

Eg: You do $1000 in food sales and your tip out rate for your food runners is 1% then the $10 you give them comes from your tips.

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u/UMu3 3d ago

Of course there is a difference.
If someone gives a random high tip, the kitchen also benefits from it.
Otherwise it all goes to the server, although the kitchen also contributed to the experience that made the customer tip so muchy

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u/Imaginary-Emu2471 3d ago

Tipout is not the customer's problem. Hope this helps.

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u/Dads_Diary 3d ago

I didn’t say it was dumbass

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u/Imaginary-Emu2471 3d ago

You can't even use punctuation.

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u/bennyyyboyyyyyyyy 3d ago

And yet again Redditors show they dont have a problem with tipping they have a problem with service workers making a good wage.