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Re:He thought tending bar sounded like fun. Then the entire ... by red-iron-pine on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @06:36PM (#38453200)
bollocks. most bartenders or servers would not be opposed.

top 10% of restaurants are making TONS of cash and the servers are raking it in, sure, but even working in Loudoun Co. VA -- the overall richest county in America, btw -- my salary was easily less than half of what I pulled as a network engineer.

the single mother of 2 working in Applebee's in shit-tier Indiana is struggling because of tips -- they need to go. restaurants in Europe, or Asia, or the Middle East didn't stop existing without tips.

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Re:He thought tending bar sounded like fun. Then the entire ... by fishtacos on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @06:49PM (#38453349)
>>the single mother of 2 working in Applebee's in shit-tier Indiana is struggling because of tips -- they need to go.

That's reality in large swaths of the US. One less work opportunity available now...

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