Folks Who Work In Tipped Jobs Would Like You To Spend A Minute Looking At Something

[Shandris]

63. This article (source unknown to me) seems to suggest tipping may be in danger...

...this year. I'm not sure how accurate that may be, but it's the suggestion of the article.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/the-end-of-tipping-analysts-predict-tipping-to-face-increased-scrutiny-in-2014-1.1610822

As a former server myself, I see it as a two-edged sword. There would be some nights where I wouldn't even make minimum wage after tips ($5.25 at the time, although $2.13 was the minimum 'check' amount per hour in Indiana). Conversely, there would be nights where I'd make more than specialized labor workers ($30+/hr). Serving is a boom/bust cycle, and most servers that I knew were well aware of it. I will note that this was before the full rise of the 'service economy', so there was a -bit- more choice in jobs at the time and that this may well have changed since then. But over the course of a month, I would average well above the minimum wage - not-quite-but-almost triple it, in fact. The end of tipping would bring that average WAY down for a lot of servers.

Conversely, there is no doubt that there are people who get the shaft in tips, particulary LGBT and non-white workers (unless they're highly attractive, which offsets any minus). These people would likely see an increase in overall salary depending on where the states put it. Of course, keeping that part in mind, I doubt most of them in my red state would be very pleased.

So...I'm ambivalent.