Note that a lot of places tips don't go directtly tto wait stuff, it is being shared to subsidize salaries of everyone
You left out the part that is actually being tipped for, bringing the food to you. The chefs are salary.
People should be able to go out and buy thenfood at the prices listed.
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 day ago
Squizzy@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Pretty sure the boss cant take tips legally speaking. Tax the income, let the business survive based on its ability to cover its costs.
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 14 hours ago
If it is a service charge, they can take 100% of everything
Even if it is not taxed, they do tip shares which can be also illegal.
But government don't give a fuck if owners fuck peasants
AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Agreed, the entire system of tipping the American way should be fucking illegal. Wait staff should earn a living wage. I think it’s way more complicated than that, and you see pushback from the owners and the servers, and any movements to change it haven’t had enough backing socially to change anything.
But that’s kinda how it works, you choose to engage with it by going to an establishment with enployees that rely on tips. I mean hell, most of the time if you have a bad experience it’s due to something the waiter can’t control. Kitchen issues, staffing levels, poorly handled rushes. Being gleeful about how little you tip because of how things have changed… just don’t go out. Avoid having a shitty experience and being a shitty experience for someone else.