OTOH, at the good restaurant, the meal costs at least three times as much. About 1/3 of the cost of restaurant meals goes to wages. Factoring it all together, Betty is undertipping.
In the U.S., a waiter / waitress is usually paid $2.13 an hour by their employer.
If $2.13 plus tips does not come up to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour during any week, the employer is required to increase cash wages to compensate. (But the employer increasing the wages almost never happens.)
Most coffee baristas are considered not to primarily rely on tips and are paid minimum wages. Although some coffee shops have been increasing wages on their own.
Some restaurants are wanting to “pool” tips so that busboys / busgirls, cooks, and managers can share the tips.
Kitchen work is hard. Fast food places should pay their staff more. Instead, employers pay so little and use scheduling policies designed to shirk staff out of benefits, so that only the desperate take those jobs. Then the establishment tries to guilt-trip their customers into making up the difference in tips.
So tell me this, if inflation causes the cost of food and service to increase, why should the tip percentage rise too? That’s why it’s a percentage, so the tip increases with the cost of the meal. 15% used to be a standard tip for good service, but now people have started to tip 20% or higher. I don’t get it.
does the waiter stands by your table the two hours? or does he/she attend other tables at the same time.. and what about the cook.. as far as I know, the work of the waiter/waitress is to carry the food the cook made from the kitchen to the table, in less than a minute.. the food that the cook made through a longer time. Does any part of that tip goes to the cook, who made most of the work? As far as I understand, a tip is a tip, not part of the salary that the employer does not want to pay, though he should by law
by the way, a waiter/waitress job in a high end restaurant is to talk slowly and act snotty; the job of the cook in a fast food joint is to attend many costumers in very little time; it seems that the job and the fast food joint seems way harder; they actually have to work, not just put on an act
whahoppened over 5 years ago
Who knows how it will be divided up anyway?
Ink blot Premium Member over 5 years ago
OTOH, at the good restaurant, the meal costs at least three times as much. About 1/3 of the cost of restaurant meals goes to wages. Factoring it all together, Betty is undertipping.
WaitingMan over 5 years ago
Boy, am I old. I remember when the cost of fast food was reasonable enough that you didn’t need a credit card to pay for it.
Silly Season over 5 years ago
In the U.S., a waiter / waitress is usually paid $2.13 an hour by their employer.
If $2.13 plus tips does not come up to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour during any week, the employer is required to increase cash wages to compensate. (But the employer increasing the wages almost never happens.)
Most coffee baristas are considered not to primarily rely on tips and are paid minimum wages. Although some coffee shops have been increasing wages on their own.
Some restaurants are wanting to “pool” tips so that busboys / busgirls, cooks, and managers can share the tips.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 5 years ago
Nope. Wrong.
Kitchen work is hard, hard work.
It dozen’t matter if you are working in the kitchen for a Five Star, or a Greasy Spoon, kitchens are little heck holes.
Give the kid a decent tip.
ellisaana Premium Member over 5 years ago
Kitchen work is hard. Fast food places should pay their staff more. Instead, employers pay so little and use scheduling policies designed to shirk staff out of benefits, so that only the desperate take those jobs. Then the establishment tries to guilt-trip their customers into making up the difference in tips.
cabalonrye over 5 years ago
There’s a tip option so that you pay the staff’s salary in addition for paying for the food.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 5 years ago
So tell me this, if inflation causes the cost of food and service to increase, why should the tip percentage rise too? That’s why it’s a percentage, so the tip increases with the cost of the meal. 15% used to be a standard tip for good service, but now people have started to tip 20% or higher. I don’t get it.
redback over 5 years ago
does the waiter stands by your table the two hours? or does he/she attend other tables at the same time.. and what about the cook.. as far as I know, the work of the waiter/waitress is to carry the food the cook made from the kitchen to the table, in less than a minute.. the food that the cook made through a longer time. Does any part of that tip goes to the cook, who made most of the work? As far as I understand, a tip is a tip, not part of the salary that the employer does not want to pay, though he should by law
redback over 5 years ago
by the way, a waiter/waitress job in a high end restaurant is to talk slowly and act snotty; the job of the cook in a fast food joint is to attend many costumers in very little time; it seems that the job and the fast food joint seems way harder; they actually have to work, not just put on an act