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Originally Posted by stratmax
Have you noticed the food prices in restaurants have gone up dramatically. I'm not sure everybody knows this but last fall, 2024. Florida enacted a law mandating restaurants pay a base wage of $9.98 to their wait staff and a guarantee of $13/hour when combined with the tips.The law gave restaurants time to change their menu prices so they could pay the base wage.
So, why are we continuing to pay 20% tip when there is already a built in tip in the menu prices?
NOTE: the base wage is also going to go up to $10.98 this fall
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This is not an included tip. As restaurant owners in GA, the law was always that the server be guaranteed minimum wage. The server was required to “report” their tips daily in order to assure the state/Fed’l that the server was paid minimum wage. This has always been the way it’s worked, even when wages were $2.10/hr (or less). Only the dollar amounts have changed. Don’t stiff the server. If you can afford to pay the price charged for the meal, you can tip the one busting it to get food, and every little thing you think you need after your food arrives, to meet your expectations and making your dining experience pleasurable.