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Lifeafter70

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58. I always made sure my busboys

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 12:36 PM

Apr 2024

Received a generous tip, based on performance and a percentage of my tips. By doing that my tables were cleared and set up for new customers faster than fellow servers. Those that didn't respect and acknowledge the importance of their bussers made less money. This also applied to the cooks and diswashers.

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Tipping Is Out of Control. It's Also a Serious Labor Issue [View all] Jilly_in_VA Apr 2024 OP

Card readers default to tips. When my husband was in the hospital, the cafeteria employees were constantly turning LeftInTX Apr 2024 #1

i was in a local department store and the box u slide the card into wanted to know how much tip AllaN01Bear Apr 2024 #20

I made more at $2.13/hr and taking tips than all but two of my other jobs. I averaged $25+/hr with tips twenty ... marble falls Apr 2024 #2

Should just put on a mandatory 18% service fee madville Apr 2024 #3

If you are going to add a 18% service charge, why not just raise menu prices 18% and eliminate all tipping ? MichMan Apr 2024 #7

Making it a separate fee madville Apr 2024 #10

Because tipping enables tax evasion. meadowlander Apr 2024 #13

Those damn minimum wage Tickle Apr 2024 #27

Nope. That makes the problem worse. Ms. Toad Apr 2024 #14

The customer pays all the wages either way madville Apr 2024 #17

The customer buys a good or service. Ms. Toad Apr 2024 #19

Why not just pay them $20+/hr. and raise the cost of the service? ... aggiesal Apr 2024 #22

I agree JustAnotherGen Apr 2024 #31

until service workers are paid a living wage they must be tipped... mike_c Apr 2024 #4

Depending on where you are servers EllieBC Apr 2024 #8

+ : Herman Cain, Natl Restaurant Assn (the other NRA) lobbied for $2.13 in 1996: appalachiablue Apr 2024 #29

Time to sunset the Inkey Apr 2024 #41

I thought Herman Cain won his greatest award in July, 2020. Wednesdays Apr 2024 #53

I hear you, Cain was a real character. I knew he died of Covid appalachiablue Apr 2024 #59

What bothers me most is tips for counter service, performed by people who make minimum or better Silent3 Apr 2024 #5

I give generously at restaurants. jimfields33 Apr 2024 #6

No matter where I eat, 20% tip in cash. ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2024 #9

I hate when I do take out and they ask for a tip. kimbutgar Apr 2024 #11

if i get take out from a sit down restaurant, i tip 10% on the assumption mopinko Apr 2024 #15

This! AKwannabe Apr 2024 #56

we did the room service. it took away from our customers. mopinko Apr 2024 #57

Yeah, if they reach into a warmer or onto a rack and then place the food on the counter Xavier Breath Apr 2024 #18

I absolutely agree! ShazzieB Apr 2024 #26

Yes exactly ! kimbutgar Apr 2024 #33

Agreed Bayard Apr 2024 #34

Yeah that's the worst. You did the ordering EllieBC Apr 2024 #46

The tipping system is patently unfair. MichMan Apr 2024 #12

pretty much how it works. mopinko Apr 2024 #16

You're referencing male customers only, whathehell Apr 2024 #32

no, but i bet they still tip cute, flirty guys more. mopinko Apr 2024 #39

The few Americans I know who worked as 'bussers' all got quite healthy tip-outs from each server they were assigned to Celerity Apr 2024 #37

I got $1. Once... MichMan Apr 2024 #52

Sounds like you picked the wrong resto to toil in m8 Celerity Apr 2024 #61

Am I given the same latitude to tell servers that don't earn much in tips the same message? MichMan Apr 2024 #63

Fine by me. I am sure there are thousands of horrid restos to work in. Plus they should not be reliant on tips, they Celerity Apr 2024 #64

I consider myself a pretty generous tipper, rsdsharp Apr 2024 #38

I got tipped out as a busboy every restaurant I worked at Johnny2X2X Apr 2024 #43

I got $1; once MichMan Apr 2024 #49

We tipped our busboys out Jilly_in_VA Apr 2024 #65

Agree. Mosby Apr 2024 #45

Some of his customers gave $100 tip, some gave $0 IronLionZion Apr 2024 #48

How happy would he be if he was paid $25 per hour with no tipping? MichMan Apr 2024 #50

I always made sure my busboys Lifeafter70 Apr 2024 #58

Sub-minimum wage plus tips is also racist Tansy_Gold Apr 2024 #21

Then people conflate that with the ipad prompts for shops that pay much higher wages IronLionZion Apr 2024 #23

Employers use tips NOT to increase wages because tippers do it for them. live love laugh Apr 2024 #24

ever since credit cards became a thing, more tips go through the company. mopinko Apr 2024 #40

bunch of cheapskates edisdead Apr 2024 #25

I used to ForgedCrank Apr 2024 #28

Texas isn't paying servers that much TexasDem69 Apr 2024 #36

The tipped wage is much lower than minimum wage IronLionZion Apr 2024 #42

That depends on where you are. EllieBC Apr 2024 #44

Very good for those states. It needs to be standard everywhere IronLionZion Apr 2024 #47

The only people who truly benefit from this custom are those at the top. elleng Apr 2024 #30

See post #45 MichMan Apr 2024 #51

We always try to tip about 25% of the bill when we eat out TexasDem69 Apr 2024 #35

It is a serious problem. California has a solution and so do unions. peacebuzzard Apr 2024 #54

This is horseshit! AKwannabe Apr 2024 #55

The sub-minimum wage is out of control. There's nothing wrong with tipping. Iggo Apr 2024 #60

I always tip using cash. I don't want the employer Emile Apr 2024 #62

"It's so small businesses can survive!" Oneironaut Apr 2024 #66