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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Waitresses are stuck footing the bill for dine and dashes well over the majority of the time. What actually happens and what the law allows for that might not be on the same page.
High-end places might be a bit different, but the run of the mill bar I can guarantee it having been part of the industry. Not to say they'll garnish wages or anything, but if your tips in your pocket aren't covering it and you're still short and refusing to pay, enjoy opening up, prepping and being sent home before the lunch rush until you quit if your managers doesn't like you.
I mean practically the same laws that prevent something like this prevent places from hiring based on looks and gender, but we know that happens all the time as well.
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As a guy who spent 8 years in the restaurant industry, both in back and front of house, I can say I've never paid one cent for a dine and dash. I've worked at chain restaurants and one off steakhouses. I've only had two D&Ds personally in my time. One was written off to a promo tab. The other was caught on camera, and he was a regular at Moxie's Chinook. He came back in within a week, was presented with the bill and paid for the drinks before he could start a new tab that day. I've also never had to contribute to any other servers who had a D&D. They are a cost of doing business, similar to burnt food, expired food and/or spilled liquor. The management and the staff take steps to avoid D&Ds, but they do happen. Even if you take every precaution, a guy can slip away when you're at another table. If it continues to happen to one server, that's a problem, but no restaurant would want the publicity over a dismissal, constructive or regular, for a server not paying a D&D.
Many managers will talk tough, but if you rationally explain what they're doing is illegal, they can be brought around to your view point. They usually don't want a call or visit from Employment Standards. I've never had a problem standing up for my employment rights. If the company was that bad to work for, luckily there are hundreds of other restaurants that want capable employees. I also don't know why you'd want to work at a place that would treat you like that, since there are so many other places to work in that industry.