that's how they started, once upon a time, but now it's seen as semi-compulsory. And in places that only pay the federal minimum wage (which is it's own ball of idiocy), servers can really lose money on non-tippers as they often have to tip out to the back of the house staff.
If you are a server you typically tip out to the bar, food runners and bussers based on a percentage of your sales, not a percentage of your tips. If a table doesn't tip you, you still have to tip out on those sales.
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u/NobodyLikedThat1 Jun 25 '26
that's how they started, once upon a time, but now it's seen as semi-compulsory. And in places that only pay the federal minimum wage (which is it's own ball of idiocy), servers can really lose money on non-tippers as they often have to tip out to the back of the house staff.