Tip-flation has some restaurants asking for up to 30% in tips

Re:Tip-flation has some restaurants asking for up to 30% in ... by gamblor956 on Monday August 22, 2022 @08:28PM (#32559095)

In LA, tipped workers (i.e., waiters) now make more before tips than I did 10 years ago as a public defender, for substantially less work. Literally all they do is write down an order and carry food to the table.

And tips, by law, cannot be shared with the kitchen staff that does the real work.

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Re:Tip-flation has some restaurants asking for up to 30% in ... by throwaway7980 on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @01:28AM (#32560779)

Believe it or not, but things cost more than they did 10 years ago.

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Re:Tip-flation has some restaurants asking for up to 30% in ... by gamblor956 on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @10:44AM (#32565640)

Tipped wages were $8 in 2010, and are now $15, and tips went from a 5-15% scale to a 18-30% scale.

Things are not 100% more expensive now than they were a decade ago.

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Re:Tip-flation has some restaurants asking for up to 30% in ... by adave on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @03:31AM (#32561614)

This mentality is the reason wages are stagnant, some boomer uncle is thinking rent is still $800 and mortgages are 350k.Meanwhile they are sitting in their pre 1996 home with cars and all the shit they need. Probably same people go to city hall meetings to ban the latest affordable housing project because it ruins their view.

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Re:Tip-flation has some restaurants asking for up to 30% in ... by gamblor956 on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @10:45AM (#32565666)

Thanks, not a boomer. I have no issues with wages going up. I fully support kitchen staff wage increases.

I simply don't think that the least hard-working part of the restaurant should get paid the best and complain about how much they're getting paid considering how little they actually work.

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