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Re:When tipping was considered un-American (2015) by tshaddox on Monday November 23, 2020 @01:27AM (#25184097)
I didn’t miss anything there. I said that it’s better to fund cooks and other staff than to just tip the waitstaff.
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Re:When tipping was considered un-American (2015) by rdtwo on Monday November 23, 2020 @08:25AM (#25186492)
In theory yes what you missed is that it’s actually intended to defraud the back of the house and play less than minimum wage then use tips to barely bring back the difference.
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Re:When tipping was considered un-American (2015) by CivBase on Monday November 23, 2020 @10:06AM (#25187435)
How is it better? The cooks and hosts make the same wage because the tips aren't enough to make up the difference. The waitstaff makes less because their tips are deducted from to pay the cooks and hosts. The customer looses because they payed extra for their meal, but didn't actually increase the wages of the people who made it and served them.

The only winner is the restaurant owners who get away with paying their staff less.

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