On Friday, September 6, 2013 1:58:01 PM UTC-7, Brooklyn1 wrote:
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> >Personally I would prefer paying a living wage equivalent to what the staff
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> >would usually earn including their tips and leave the tipping up to the customer.
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> That's precisely what's already done in the US. Any server willing
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> to work hard can earn a pretty darn good living wage... the slackers
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> tend not to last very long so the subject is moot.



No it's not, Sheldon. Washington is the only state I know that requires minimum wage be paid to servers. Every other state makes an "allowance" to restaurants to pay $3 o4 $4 an hour, so servers MUST depend on tips.