Well, itโs just that although he was out of line for harrassing the customer, I still felt some pity for him as running a restaurant isnโt easy financially speaking. This may not have been the case in the US, but where Iโm from, when I was younger, tipping was considered a privilege, not a right. But I feel like it is explicitly demanded nowadays.
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Deathwake
(i nuked zenzone and will never let him forget it)
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The US in most states has explicit provisions in the law allowing restaurant and similar employers to pay their servers less than minimum wage on the assumption that customers will make up the difference in tips. This means servers are financially reliant on you tipping well. It is considered quite rude to not tip at all. this seems to be changing, for example California has laws preventing you from underpaying people just cause they might get tips, but itโs slow change.
Hmmโฆ I donโt think we have that in Canada (paying under minimal wage outside of prison) or at least not in my province. Someone I know actually had a higher salary thanks to tipping.
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aah31415
(The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)
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Good that the tip salary abuse seems to be rare beyond US.
JustaDumbThriver
(He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))
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Apparently in my home state Virginia, you get paid AT LEAST minimum wage, no matter how many tips you may get.
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aah31415
(The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)
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So your state is lucky in this matter then. Hopefully the tip salary abusement wonโt spreadโฆ