On 5/17/2013 1:08 PM, notbob wrote:

> If she was being paid hourly at a rate above the min wage, I don't see
> anything wrong with not getting tips. Most ppl know waitstaff fall
> under draconian wage law exceptions that allow them to be paid a mere
> pittance of a real wage, knowing they can make it up in tips. But, if
> someone is making min wage, are they entitled to tips, also? I think
> not. I've worked in a resto kitchen for min wage and no tips and was
> happy to get it. The real question is, what, in fact, were the wait
> staff actually paid. We may never know.

Even if the wait staff get paid enough to not need the tips, the owners
shouldn't get it. Their prices seem high enough to support wait staff
being paid a decent salary sans tips as long as the owners really do pay
them well. But for sure the customers shouldn't be duped into paying a
tip that the owner keeps on top of the high prices.

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