Nope. Our tips were pooled, and we didn't receive them until the end of the week. They had employment taxes taken out, and were also split up with busboys, dishwashers, line cooks, managers etc. This was in California in the 90's.

So the idea that tips reward performance is a joke. If I was excellent one night, a coworker who was terrible would get a boost (in average) while my take was lowered.