On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 03:08:02 -0400, Goomba >
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>On 9/6/13 5:18 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
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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.
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>> 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.
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>Just tonight I asked a waitress if she'd prefer a set wage (aprox 8 ish
>dollars per hour was mentioned) or tips.
>She said hands down she prefers to work for the tips.
>One size does not fit all.

At an average family restaurant waitstaff can minimally pull in $25 an
hour in tips, those who hustle their buns double that... why would any
server want $8/hr salary instead. Obviously it's only the cheapo
******* patrons who don't believe in tipping who think waitstaff
should be salaried... little do the cheapo *******s realize that if
the proprietor has to pay a salary the menu would reflect a 20%
increase, the portions would reflect a 20% decrease, and quality would
suffer immeasurably. I've eaten in countries that don't tip, service
and food sucks... not to mention everything is unclean.