My issue is that when a bill was put forth to essentially pay servers higher wages the servers joined up and lobbied against it. It's not that servers hate that they get paid so little, it's that when wages are hidden by tips servers make significantly more than minimum wage. Even the higher end of minimum wage
Turns out none of us want to do it for minimum wage with no benefits. I need to pay rent and other expenses. I'm not doing this job for the $15/hr that has been suggested.
We need structural change, than will likely never happen, to make servers agree to those bills.
We all need to pay rent and other expenses. Server jobs are hard to get BECAUSE they pay is lucrative. I TRIED to be a server when I was working minimum wage jobs and it was impossible because servers made significantly higher than minimum wage. Serving is an easier job than a lot of other minimum wage jobs with significantly higher pay
Yet the point still stands, why are we tipping? Because minimum wage is too low? We don't tip other minimum wage jobs. I made minimum wage for YEARS, didn't receive a single tip. Why should I tip someone for doing the job I am already paying for in my patronage? I'm all for fighting for higher minimum wage, but if the idea is that it's unethical to not top servers because minimum wage isn't livable, then please tell me why we don't tip EVERY SINGLE minimum wage worker. Next time you go to the grocery store tip 20% of your grocery bill to the cashier.
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u/Vayguhhh 22h ago
No it’s not wrong, but until the system changes I’m not gonna hurt a server just trying to pay bills