That waiter probably paid out of his own pocket. might have gotten like 20% off but still used his own tip momey. they only make $2.13/hr, guys. so please don't start making this a thing. if u ever been a server, u know how much it blows n how hard u have to work.
I'm a waitress and get paid 2.83 + tips... Some places start at minimum wage but you have to share the tips at the end of the night with other waitress/waiters..
Where do you guys live? How can anyone work a job like that and support themselves? Here in Canada, waiter/waitresses get paid a bit under minimum (which is $10/hr now), plus tips. My friend makes at least $150 every night off an eight-hour shift, plus $70 or whatever he would make from the hourly pay.
The tips aren't actually theirs, they belong to the restaurant. The restaurant then gives them back the tips they earn to get above minimum wage. If your pay + tips don't add up to minimum wage the restaurant is required to pay the difference, at least that's how they work around it in NY.
The tips do NOT belong to the restaurant, the customer isn't tipping the owner or busboy or cook, they are tipping their server. Its there money at that point. The rest of what fizzle said is correct though, the reason server min wage is lower is because tips are factored into it. If you aren't tipped enough that tips + wage < regular min wage, the restaurant has to pay the remainder. As to the Canada thing, its fairly hard to compare country to country. Many places any tip at all is frowned upon, others the "accepted average" tip can be anywhere from 5% to 25%. Its very different to talk about somebody making 2.13 and not expected to get tips, and somebody making 2.13 and expecting an AVERAGE customer to tip 25% of their bill. If they are a really good server they probably even expect higher than average. So to say I know a guy that makes X amount, really isn't helpful when comparing.
This is really upsetting. I'm the kind if guy who would do what the waiter did, but I would really lose faith in people if someone took advantage of my kindness in this way. People like this make me reluctant to help people. Don't be a jerk like this person was.
down vote me if you want... but I was just curious why most of the time, people write "family, or girl or boy" when speaking about a white family, but if it's another race it'll be "Asian Family, Latino Family, or Back Family" ??
Seems like you have an issue with people pointing out race soccerchick. Is there any chance . . . . you may be black? No white person would get as offended as you with someone describing a white family as white. It's not like he said "that dirty stinkin black hoodrat family using foodstamps to pay for their meal". . . .
This guy sat around for nearly 2 hours faking being stood up so he could get free food. He didn't have a date to begin with because no one will go out with someone that cheap, that mean, or that pathetic. And now he's famously that cheap/mean/pathetic, he can't even work his scam for free water at McD's.
*Plops bag down next to nixnation*