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Bantamfancier

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73. Agree with the cash tip.

Fri May 7, 2021, 05:25 PM

May 2021

Put the meal on a card but leave cash for the waitstaff.
Bless my wife, it’s been 40 years since she waited tables in college but she still remembers how hard it was and insists on 25% rounded up to the next dollar.
I think I’ll keep her.

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CHEAP BASTARDS! They pay $2.15 an hour plus tips & wonder why "no one wants to work anymore" [View all] kpete May 2021 OP

Been seeing this on my local news. Cracklin Charlie May 2021 #1

I have never understood this BS of real low wages for servers? Bev54 May 2021 #56

A very powerful Restaurant lobby keeps it this way. ... aggiesal May 2021 #60

It is the restaurants passing on their operating expenses onto the Bev54 May 2021 #61

With corporate restaurants, changing their minimum wage to $15 ... aggiesal May 2021 #62

It would probably work out cheaper for people like me who used to be waitstaff Maraya1969 May 2021 #79

GREED. Pure and simple,it's greed. 634-5789 May 2021 #69

It is almost guaranteed that the repugs are going to say that the UE benefits is why people JohnSJ May 2021 #2

Same old shite from Republicans... FalloutShelter May 2021 #6

Give rich folks money to help the economy but giving poor folks money hurts it - Every Republican ZonkerHarris May 2021 #51

Beyond "almost guaranteed", they're already doing it. JHB May 2021 #27

There was a post yesterday abut a bill in .... getagrip_already May 2021 #32

How will they answer for those where the jobs aren't there JohnSJ May 2021 #41

republicans? Answer? lol.... n/t getagrip_already May 2021 #43

It's already decided there and SC as well. TraceNC May 2021 #74

I'm sure it did. Sitting at home collecting a UE check is often actually preferable to dealing... TreasonousBastard May 2021 #3

UI would normally be less than someone makes. With the added federal benefit captain queeg May 2021 #14

BUT, if the employer is CALLING back their previously employed workers and the employe refuses, abenavraham2020 May 2021 #52

The answer is, of course, better pay and working conditions. Fat chance, though. TreasonousBastard May 2021 #63

If I saw that sign I'd ask for the owner/manager... ret5hd May 2021 #4

If I saw that sign, I would make sure they knew... 2naSalit May 2021 #15

nothing will change HAB911 May 2021 #5

Fuck the rich restaurant owners. lark May 2021 #7

According to the rules of capitalism treestar May 2021 #8

This right here. Beartracks May 2021 #81

and I want to buy a Ferrari for $500 DBoon May 2021 #9

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say maskholes are shitty tippers. Iggo May 2021 #10

Not only that, but if there is no business, LakeArenal May 2021 #20

And the dining room service is going to be particularly thin... forgotmylogin May 2021 #49

Some things don't change. wnylib May 2021 #11

Thank you. I was going to mention that. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #18

That would be interesting if today's plague does the same nt IronLionZion May 2021 #26

I certainly won't make any such predictions, PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #35

Maybe it will end capitalism I_UndergroundPanther May 2021 #80

Great post malaise May 2021 #25

Yep Solly Mack May 2021 #37

Based on the images that I am seeing, there is no way that I would eat there. The outdoor niyad May 2021 #12

AND those tips are taxed! AND waitstaff are often expected to share their tips with the rest of LaMouffette May 2021 #13

They want free employees by making the customers pay for the workers. Joe Nation May 2021 #16

The owner of the garage I've been going to for over forty years told me today ... Brother Mythos May 2021 #17

I have upped my tips to 25% Tree Lady May 2021 #19

+1. Best to give cash directly to the server dalton99a May 2021 #23

Agree with the cash tip. Bantamfancier May 2021 #73

Greedy asshole owners are publicly shaming and stereotyping the unemployed. dalton99a May 2021 #21

Well said. RegularJam May 2021 #36

McDonalds here is offering $13. I saw it on their sign today. JohnnyRingo May 2021 #22

People who were waitstaff have found delivery, driver, and grocery jobs Merlot May 2021 #24

Exactly shanti May 2021 #68

There's a serious shortage of truckers, welder, plumbers, electricians, carpenters and so on Kaleva May 2021 #28

Could be Elessar Zappa May 2021 #44

This has been going on even before COVID19 hit. Kaleva May 2021 #53

I think the problem is that high schools ignore those jobs and all the focus JI7 May 2021 #82

I got unemployment once, but it stillcool May 2021 #29

That's $5.10 BELOW the Federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour! patphil May 2021 #30

there are different wage rates for people who get tips, farm workers, etc.... getagrip_already May 2021 #38

Yes, I know that. And, as you say, it shouldn't be that way. patphil May 2021 #42

A bit off topic but we were at a restaurant that required us to read the menu with a Q code. LakeArenal May 2021 #31

The QR code/online menu is a sanitary precaution sir pball May 2021 #54

I've been to multiple restaurants recently. RegularJam May 2021 #33

Leave Your Aviation Pro May 2021 #34

No one ever mentions the number of hours they are scheduled either GulfCoast66 May 2021 #39

I wouldn't imagine the working environment has gotten any better, either. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #40

People don't change until they have to, including miserly employers dlk May 2021 #45

If you pay them MOMFUDSKI May 2021 #46

Tennessee is a RIGHT to WORK state... ProudMNDemocrat May 2021 #47

The waiter/bartender staffs at every restaurant I ever worked at Sibelius Fan May 2021 #48

Gall dang Democrats! Stop giving all these people unemployment and covid relief money so KPN May 2021 #50

Kitchen help and bussers are not tipped employees TexasTowelie May 2021 #55

Wow, that was what I got paid for bartending 30 years ago..... GumboYaYa May 2021 #57

Back in the '70's, I made $1.50 an hour with no tips doing farm work Kaleva May 2021 #58

When I Was In College... ProfessorGAC May 2021 #67

1980, I made 2.01 an hour plus tips LittleGirl May 2021 #59

Kaitlyn Jenner's rich friends would move out of the state if they saw that Blue Owl May 2021 #64

He seems like an asshole to work for . meadowlander May 2021 #65

even in florida DonCoquixote May 2021 #66

If I saw a sign like that they wouldn't be getting my business. Luciferous May 2021 #70

They would very loudly be not getting my business. Iggo May 2021 #72

$2.13 an hour was what I made when I was gldstwmn May 2021 #71

What a Kitchen Nightmare. betsuni May 2021 #75

Maybe they don't want to work for peanuts for the idiot that made that sign! liberal_mama May 2021 #76

Going to guess it never occurred to them... Xolodno May 2021 #77

This message was self-deleted by its author hamsterjill May 2021 #78

If you don't tip at least 20% you are a shit person The Mouth May 2021 #83