His "new rule" is just the way most people have treated tipping for a long time. I've never tipped at a fast food restaurant. I only tip at a fast casual restaurant if someone takes my order after I am seated. I won't tip if my only table service is the food delivery (no drink services at the table). I think most people have done it this way if they are in their 30s or older. I see nothing shocking here other than the idea that customers should tip for all types of restaurant services. I won't be subsidizing some fast food restauranteur's payroll when their employee did nothing more than the bare minimum of service.
Yeah, I agree with that mentality. If the only "service" is the food delivery and nothing else.. Well, if the workers don't make enough then the restaurant should charge a small amount more and pay the workers better.
Well, if the workers don't make enough then the restaurant should charge a small amount more and pay the workers better.
The lower wage option for restaurant servers does not override the minimum wage. If a server making $2.50/hr doesn't bring in enough tips to meet minimum wage rates, the restaurant owner must still pay them minimum wage rates. They are required to comply with the minimum wage laws, but servers who don't make enough in tips will often get fired since the restauranteur doesn't want to pay them the difference to make it to the minimum. This proves that if they could pay you less, all the way to $0.00, they absolutely would. I have no sympathy for restauranteurs who fail and close up shop if they ever expected their customers to subsidize their low-wage labor.
I 100% agree. I have bussed/waited tables before and if a restaurant can't stay open because they have to pay minimum wage then it shouldn't be open in the first place.
I agree. I thought this was the norm. Those tip jars have annoyed me since the day they popped up on the counters.
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