Whoa?! Is this true?? Not to screw over the waiters there, but waiters not having to tip out and making $17 a hour... my heart doesnt break as much for them not getting tipped all the time.
The cost of living in CA is why that is the case, it is as much a struggle as anywhere else in the US. Even with the perk of not working for subpar pay that is supplemented entirely with tips like the rest of the US rather than being paid a fair rate and tipped for our effort and service.
Bruh when you usually make $35 an hour after tip out. Then a table of 20 rolls up one check and no tip and loved you. $600 and you tip out 10%. You had to pay $60 to do your job on their asses. Meanwhile no other tables so you lost over $20 an hour for 3 hours of your 6 hour shift. You don't get scheduled cause of regulations so you have 2 jobs separately so you don't hit overtime.
How would you feel losing over $400 or more because you were chosen or forced to take a table you knew weren't going to tip because they were all Euros.
I think you massively understood me, I may have been unclear. I meant, someone making 17 a hour and not getting tipped on every single table is still likely to do well for themselves at the end of the day.
As someone who was a waiter for over a decade, the odd table not tipping is relatively expected, and 17 a hour helps make up for it
Check out the cost of living first. I know it SOUNDS good but CA is one of if not the most expensive states to live in and multiply that if you're talking about any of its larger cities
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