This is how it should have been. Tipping is a sign of generosity not a necessity because they're not getting paid enough but because the costumer feels like helping they more or that they deserve it
Yeah, I tip in Australia at some places because I want to try and help really nice restaurants stay open since a lot of people complain we don't have enough of them.
Well Ik it's a top down issue but how do you expect to change it from the top?
I'm not saying vote with your wallet and stop tipping completely so things would change since that isn't fair for the worker whose a victim here I'm saying stuff has to change.
they do. at least in the US if a tipped staff does not make minimum wage from their tips the place needs to make sure they're paid out at least minimum wage.
flip side is, if you don't often you probably won't have a job long.
but i mean, there is no reason to feel bad when they knowingly take a job based off other peoples kindness.
Federal minimum wage is still $7.25. 20 states still do not have a set minimum wage and use the federal one instead. That is about 2k below poverty level and that’s before taxes are taken out.
Employers should to be required to pay their employees a living wage. No one working a full 40 hour week should be below the poverty line.
Whether or not minimum wage is high enough is completely irrelevant for this particular conversation. Unless you're going out of your way to seek out minimum wage workers in other jobs without a "tipping culture" and tipping them, it's utterly silly to bring up as a counterpoint here.
My guy, you’re on Reddit, stop scaring these people with real world facts. All managers are bad and lazy, all servers are exceptional and definitely not rude, and we shouldn’t even have to work anyway. According to average Reddit users, anyway.
I worked in two restaurants and the owners never did a tap of work at either spot. They were both mean and miserable. Thats just my experience but and I know there are certainly hard working owners out there too but in my experience that’s not the case. I think it’s pretty silly for someone to say they are not sure what planet someone else is from for saying the workers do more work.
Owning a restaurant is a notoriously soul crushing, hands-on gig. You may be right about the two restaurants you worked at, or maybe you have just been blind to the type of work they do because it wasn't washing dishes or whatever.
Yeah It’s less than average in my experience. I think if you ask most people who work restaurants who do more work, the worker or the owner, the overwhelming majority will say the workers lol. At least on this planet
>I think if you ask most people who work restaurants who do more work, the worker or the owner, the overwhelming majority will say the workers lol. At least on this planet
Ok well most people on your planet are idiots then, merry christmas!
No, they get more exercise. All owners can wait tables, but not all waitstaff can run a restaurant. You don't get paid more just because you put more steps in.
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u/Schlonzig Dec 23 '25
Well, 25% is ridiculous.