how much do you guys TIP your waiter?

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Oh I agree,I can see them raising prices of menu items to help cover the lost revenue...and I don't see very many employees of those places working a forty hour week.
 
Actually, only 7 states have to pay their tipped works min wage ... all others don't have to. The businesses still can, but it's not required:

http://www.dol.gov/whd/state/tipped.htm

you didn't understand what i was saying. I wasn't disagreeing with you but what I meant to do was add that all tipped employees must make min wage in the end. that's federal law. for states who pay min wage or above then it's irrelevant but for the states that pay below min wage, in the end their tipped employees must make min wage. if after tips they are short, then the employer has to pay the difference

so in the end, every tipped employee is making AT LEAST min wage no matter what state you are in. that's what I meant to say
 
in the end, for those states who can pay under min wage, both those employees AND the employers benefit most from the tipping system compared to states who have to pay min wage or more

employees will make min wage regardless if it's from tips or from their employer, anything over min wage from tips is just extra money in their pocket, that's how tipped employees benefit. they have a good chance of getting paid over min wage if they are a very good server.

employers who are not required to pay at least min wage has a chance of paying under min wage if their tipped employee makes over min wage after tips. they only pay min wage if they're tipped employee made zero dollars in tips. if they made some tip but still did not make min wage then the employer only covers the difference which would be less than min wage. that's how the employer benefits. they have a good chance that they get to pay their tipped employee under min wage.

so neither tipped employees nor employers with tipped employees should be complaining (in those states that can pay under min wage)
 
you didn't understand what i was saying. I wasn't disagreeing with you but what I meant to do was add that all tipped employees must make min wage in the end. that's federal law. for states who pay min wage or above then it's irrelevant but for the states that pay below min wage, in the end their tipped employees must make min wage. if after tips they are short, then the employer has to pay the difference

so in the end, every tipped employee is making AT LEAST min wage no matter what state you are in. that's what I meant to say

That's the way it's supposed to work, but having watched my mom waitress before, most companies have a way around this. They have an amount they have to pay to make up for not hitting min wage, but the two don't always match. So the 'make up' pay does not always add up to min. wage sadly. You are right, the idea is they make at least min but it seems to rarely work out that way if they aren't getting tips.

Though it's a bit moot for me, given the state I live in and having had my ma waitress and seen how crappy they get paid, so I tend to tip anyways. But I have no problem shorting or skipping it for had service.
 
well, if she made less than min wage after tips, then her employer was screwing her. from my understanding they always have to earn min wage

the law requires it, but what employers may be doing is another thing
 
The law may have changed from then til now (this was quite a while back), but I know the state had to pay a certain amount if you got say zero tips, but that amount plus the lower wager never equaled min wage. Looking at that list, some states are still below the federal min. (Arkansas). But it does seem to be better than what it used to be for sure. I'd imagine most businesses though don't give the difference if you aren't meticulous about reporting your tips. I'd keep excel spreadsheets just to prove I hadn't gotten enough tips just so I would get the bump, but I'd most likely get fired for making them pay (stooopid at will states).
 
Not a bad idea, though several places split the tip between server, bartender, bus boy, ect. The server does get the largest percentage.
 
Tipping is optional! Well at least it's supposed to be. People in the industry feel entitled to receive tips. Your job isn't that hard. You get an hourly wage. And them complain about a bad tip, get over it. If you feel you are under paid get a different job! I'm sick of mandatory % to tip, even when the service sucks. You already charge me $8 for a beer and I'm supposed to give even more??? Don't get me wrong I do tip (Even on my $8 beer) but give me crappy service and I won't give you anything.
 
@Darth Pike,I've heard of that practice at some eateries here.
 
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