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NuttyFluffers

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23. i agree with you. we need to get rid of an outdated system.

Reply to apples and oranges (Original post)

Mon May 7, 2012, 03:31 AM

May 2012

i believe in wage equality and removing loopholes in the system. after traveling the world and seeing better wage equivalence for servers outside of this country i'm wholly for dumping antiquated systems that support the desperate wage slavery inequality systemic here. time for us to grow up.

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Why can't restaurants just pay waiters/delivery guys a fair wage? [View all] apples and oranges May 2012 OP

early 80's. $6 an hour, tips without taxes cause #of employees under 13, in reno. seabeyond May 2012 #1

not bad...in the 80's, i was making .77 cents per hour plus tips bottomofthehill May 2012 #5

this was a restaurant in macys and i was bartender one of the days, so i got a raise. seabeyond May 2012 #10

I loved being in the service industry and I loved the whole tipping part. cbayer May 2012 #2

I sure wouldn't do it for minimum wage alone justabob May 2012 #9

If you don't make enough tips to bring you up to minimum wage, doesn't the cbayer May 2012 #11

in theory, yes justabob May 2012 #14

Thanks. cbayer May 2012 #16

the dreaded weeds justabob May 2012 #18

That's a cultural problem... Atman May 2012 #20

Because it makes the meal appear cheaper Hippo_Tron May 2012 #3

I can guess an argument might be that having a fair wage jp11 May 2012 #4

They do it that way in Australia treestar May 2012 #6

Restaurants have higher overhead than other businesses? blaze May 2012 #7

Paying a livable wage is the responsiblity of all employers. xchrom May 2012 #8

Some do. There are a few union restaurants and bars here, and restaurants and bars in union hotels Brickbat May 2012 #12

This is why, when you come to Las Vegas these days you will find more corporate chain Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #13

Tips can be considered under the table income. No taxes on them. Kaleva May 2012 #15

Not legally or anything dems_rightnow May 2012 #17

more difficult to do that these days justabob May 2012 #19

Waiters/waitresses in Ca get to keep all their tips plus make, at least, min. wage (8.75). demosincebirth May 2012 #21

Because capitalism sucks. Odin2005 May 2012 #22

i agree with you. we need to get rid of an outdated system. NuttyFluffers May 2012 #23

depending on place of work, many employees would prefer the tips JI7 May 2012 #24