"Cheryl" > wrote in message
eb.com...
> On 5/18/2013 4:01 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
>> eb.com...
>
>>> Exactly. I don't know of anyone who waits tables just to meet minimum
>>> wage
>>> with salary + tips. It is usually much more than that in a decent
>>> place.
>>> I waited tables for a few years back in my younger days when salary was
>>> only about $2 or less per hour. Tips were the only way to make any
>>> money
>>> at all. Tips could equal even more than $200 per day on good days.
>>> Weekends even better.
>>
>> They do because they can't find another job.
>>
>>
> I don't think that's true. If you find the right place the money can be
> very good. Plenty of people work their way through college waiting
> tables.

Maybe jobs are plentiful where you are. They aren't here! Not that they
could get away with paying less than minimum wage here. But there are
plenty of people working 2 and 3 part time jobs just to make ends meet. And
plenty more underemployed and unemployed. This is one reason why my husband
had to move to NY. He is back here now and employed. But he got lucky.
Countless others are not so lucky. It's also unlikely that there would be
too many people out there who know all of the waterways that he does. Which
is why he got the job.