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Honeycombe8

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49. That is shocking and disgusting! Not raising it in 22 years? Does that include waiters?

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Fri Apr 26, 2013, 11:44 PM

Apr 2013

Or just waittresses?

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Waitresses Stuck at $2.13 Hourly Minimum for 22 Years [View all] xchrom Apr 2013 OP

Not covering the gap between pipoman Apr 2013 #1

And people are tipping less these days LiberalEsto Apr 2013 #2

I Tip 25% These Days... KharmaTrain Apr 2013 #3

Me too. And I try to do it in cash, or, Ilsa Apr 2013 #4

I Always Leave Cash... KharmaTrain Apr 2013 #5

I went to a local restaurant marions ghost Apr 2013 #6

Sorry, either your friends have no souls or your story is made up. cbdo2007 Apr 2013 #7

what's your problem marions ghost Apr 2013 #8

My problem?!?! You are obviously making this story up.... cbdo2007 Apr 2013 #9

wrong on all points marions ghost Apr 2013 #10

"a small tip was appropriate" - so even you are admitting this was a tipping optional place? cbdo2007 Apr 2013 #13

Not a chain actually marions ghost Apr 2013 #15

Yeah, still you won't just tell us where this was, so your questionable cbdo2007 Apr 2013 #16

Too much caffeine --not a good thing marions ghost Apr 2013 #17

if I ate out with people I knew could afford to tip and chose not to Skittles Apr 2013 #35

Isn't tipping usually optional? I don't understand why you continue to call someone a liar. uppityperson Apr 2013 #50

It's really fucking rude to keep calling MG a liar. n/t Marrah_G Apr 2013 #30

Thanks Marrah marions ghost Apr 2013 #33

Not really cbdo2007 Apr 2013 #38

You did call her a liar- don't back off on that now Marrah_G Apr 2013 #39

I said I called her a liar. In my post. Geez, what is with you people cbdo2007 Apr 2013 #40

If located in the US (not the UK) depending on the type of restaurant Sgent Apr 2013 #11

I'm just wondering -- in these times of austerity for many marions ghost Apr 2013 #14

But not tight enough to go out to restaurants. (nt) Posteritatis Apr 2013 #24

I said marions ghost Apr 2013 #25

if my coworkers pulled that stunt Skittles Apr 2013 #42

or maybe you and your friends are all tightwad tightasses Immabk Apr 2013 #26

And maybe you are fulla bullsheet marions ghost Apr 2013 #32

women tip less because they make less Skittles Apr 2013 #36

I don't think you can say that marions ghost Apr 2013 #37

doesn't MATTER what you think of the practice of tipping Skittles Apr 2013 #43

Back off marions ghost Apr 2013 #44

you're defending them Skittles Apr 2013 #45

Bullshit marions ghost Apr 2013 #47

LOLOL Skittles Apr 2013 #48

TIp went up to 20% now from 15% and resturant prices have increased significantly... Evasporque Apr 2013 #12

yup justabob Apr 2013 #18

That's nuts! That's the amount I was pulling in in '86! LanternWaste Apr 2013 #19

I cannot believe the audacity of this f***er POS of a human being quoted AZ Progressive Apr 2013 #20

No kidding, it's total BS. I wonder what HIS income is. nt laundry_queen Apr 2013 #29

While the CEOs of those chains make 3000x what the average employees make. Initech Apr 2013 #21

Lower min wage and tipping seems like a way for restaurant owners to guilt customers into paying octothorpe Apr 2013 #22

"it's a bullshit system" marions ghost Apr 2013 #34

When I was playing in a band in the early 1970s aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2013 #23

They probably were breaking the law Sgent Apr 2013 #27

There was a woman on Bill Mahr a couple weeks ago talking about this SomethingFishy Apr 2013 #28

This is disgusting and an outrage. smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #31

I realize maybe I've been doing something wrong all these years madokie Apr 2013 #41

It's wrong what they do to waiters and waitresses. Baitball Blogger Apr 2013 #46

That is shocking and disgusting! Not raising it in 22 years? Does that include waiters? Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #49