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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Because that's how I was raised. Because I used to be a waitress and know how lousy of a job it can be. Because restaurant employers are ALLOWED to pay below the regular minimum wage, and expect wait staff to earn their "commission" paid directly by the customer.
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A lot of jobs cab be lousy. And you should realize more than most that it is
the employers who use this scam to gouge customers while coming and controlling employees. A tip is a
gratuity or gift of gratitude. It is NOT and was never intended as a "commission", which is a sales bonus the [B]employer[B] pays, out of the profit from the sale. Not paying proper competition for work done and passing that responsibility onto a third party, the customer, is (IMHO) irresponsible, unethical, and should be illegal. Unfortunately, the (IMHO) twisted little weasel restaunteurs have recruited many of the servers by allowing tipping to turn into a cash cow which they can take advantage of. Employers in many establishments monitor tips and expect portions to also support other workers. Busses, food runners (the person that appear out of nowhere with your food), and who knows how many others. The business model from Hell.
I go to buy ... a car. I talk to many people and buy a car. I pay for the car and drive away. The business pays it's employees. Not me. The business pays the
bonus! NOT ME.