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Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta
As an interesting and non related side-note, did anybody know that in some fancy restaurants around the world, the waiters actually pay the restaurant for their position? I met a guy who is a waiter in some fancy restaurant in New York, and actually pays the restaurant $1000 dollars a month in order to be employed by them. He makes his total living off of tips. Also, apparently every time a new server is "hired" (I don't know what else to call it....  ), the existing waiters all interview the person and can veto the hiring if they don't feel he would work well on their team. Interesting concept. |
Not just around the world. A friend of mine worked at some resort in Kananaskis in the late 80's/early 90's. I didn't know the area back then so I can't tell you where it was, but as a waitress she paid them $500 per month to work there. And with my first bartending job I didn't get paid for the first month- but I still made $50 on a bad night and $200 on a good night
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Originally Posted by burnin_vernon
If tipping was replaced with higher wages, it would mean a huge paycut for servers as the majority of them don't declare tips come tax time. A server would have to make over $20 per hour to even out after taxes. This would make the job not so desireable.
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I'm not sure how good of an arguement that is; admitting to defrauding the tax system isn't the best way to make your case. I know you aren't condoning it per se, but it still is a weak point.
I would just rather the price include the service. Can you imagine if every service industry was dependant on tips? Plumbers, mechanics, the cashier at Wal-Mart, etc.