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Originally posted by bivenator
the waiter is only making 2.13 per hour in the US. many times the paycheck recieved is zero due to taxes being taken out. the supermarket and dry cleaners are paid employees making at least minimum wage. i would like to meet the waiters that are pulling down 1000 per nite. IF they are pulling down 1000 per nite, they would certainly have to pool thier tips, as you mentioned in your post. you are assuming that they are recieving 25% tips. I'm guessing that you don't eat there based on your previous post about tipping.
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A couple of points:
If waiters are making 2.13 per hour in the US - then surely something is wrong with the system. My suggestion is pay them a decent wage and raise the menu price to reflect this. I mean why pay $10 and $2 tip - when you could just pay $12 in the first place - and then, if the service is really good - you could even leave an extra gratuity.
The waiter would be better off under this system because he would always get "20% more" - and would not have to worry about getting stiffed. The customer would be better off because the uncertainty of whether or not to tip and how much would be done away with. Win - win.
As for waiters pulling down $1000 night in tips - this is not an assumption on my part - I know this for a fact. And whether or not the waiters in these places pool their tips - and to what degree - depends entirely on the restaurant in question. Of course I am speaking here of the handful of genuine two or three star restaurants that you find in major cities - and in these the service will normally be impeccable. So when I eat there I tip well.
As I said I am happy to tip very well for exceptional service. But for indifferent or incompetent service I am equally prepared to leave little or nothing.