"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 17 May 2013 15:29:48 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "notbob" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 2013-05-17, jmcquown > wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Oh, it's okay. They're paying me plenty!" She didn't, because they
>> >> don't.
>> >
>> > She looked pretty flustered on the show. Understandable, for a kid
>> > her age amidst all that sturm/drang. On a reddit page, she claims she
>> > was being paid $8 hr:
>> >
>> > <http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1eegnm/former_waitress_katy_cipriano_from_amys_baking/>
>> >
>> > Is it the real Katy? (shrug)
>> >
>> > 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.
>>
>> Huh? Servers here usually get paid more than minimum wage PLUS tips!
>>
> Just another person who think servers are scum and don't deserve a
> living wage.

Me? No! I think it is pathetic that in some states they can get away with
paying almost nothing. I have a friend in TX who works for a restaurant.
She prefers doing the catering but can't afford to do that because then they
only pay her a pittance and no tips whatever. But because she is good at
it, that's where they have her work.