Only seven states currently bar “subminimum” pay for tipped workers like bartenders and restaurant servers, but activists see 2024 as ripe to expand the tally to as many as 20.
I think people who make tips like them because they get a bunch of money randomly on nights they work. But the problem with it is that it’s random. If they are required to pay you more money then your pay check will just always have a bunch of money in it so that’s better. People can still tip if they feel you did a good job. You shouldn’t be dependent on that to live. You should be guaranteed a living wage for showing up and doing your job.
I wasn’t even really talking about people who don’t tip. What if the people don’t ever come in? Then you wouldn’t get paid hardly at all if you only rely on tips. The owner of the restaurant has you there to clean and babysit their business in case a customer decides to show up and all you get is like $3 an hour for it because maybe you might get a tip if the customer is nice? That’s a shit deal. It’s not fair to restaurant employees. Also making them pay minimum wage doesn’t mean people won’t still tip. They totally will because the expectation is still there.
I think people who make tips like them because they get a bunch of money randomly on nights they work. But the problem with it is that it’s random. If they are required to pay you more money then your pay check will just always have a bunch of money in it so that’s better. People can still tip if they feel you did a good job. You shouldn’t be dependent on that to live. You should be guaranteed a living wage for showing up and doing your job.
I don’t disagree, but who makes that decision? These are the areas servers swim in
You’re not taking a stand or making any statement besides “I’m an asshole” if you go to a sit down restaurant and don’t tip
I wasn’t even really talking about people who don’t tip. What if the people don’t ever come in? Then you wouldn’t get paid hardly at all if you only rely on tips. The owner of the restaurant has you there to clean and babysit their business in case a customer decides to show up and all you get is like $3 an hour for it because maybe you might get a tip if the customer is nice? That’s a shit deal. It’s not fair to restaurant employees. Also making them pay minimum wage doesn’t mean people won’t still tip. They totally will because the expectation is still there.