Lup, that would make sense if waiters and waitresses were paid like everyone else. Unfortunately, for them, they aren't.
This 18% thing is new to me. I always thought it was 15% and that is usually the minimum of what I would tip (bad service or no). I've never really gotten bad service.. or service I consider so bad to not deserve some sort of tip because I am still being served even if not as well as the next guy.
Waiters/waitresses are the whipping boys and girls of the restaurant industry because they are the ones the customer sees imo.
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lol @ Vega. You remind me of Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs.
If waiters are only making $2.50 an hour, then they should take their employers to court. It's called minimum wage because it's the legal minimum you're allowed to pay someone. Tips do not count as "wages".
Damn, that makes sense! Must be a Canadian thing...
I believe, and this is just something I heard, that if the waiter doesn't make at least minimum wage with both the hourly rate and the tips, their employer must make up the difference.
I'll have to ask some people who know.
And no, X, they can't take them to court. Minimum wage doesn't apply to food service work.
Man, the States suck more and more every little tidbit like that comes out.
If I am legally working, it doesn't matter if I'm shoveling horse shit or performing minor surgery, I make $8 an hour. It's laughable to me that a nation that preaches about free capatilsm and market eqaulity treat's it's workers like slaves.
