chapotraphouse @hexbear.net Walk_On [he/him] @hexbear.net 9 mo. ago

I can’t believe I’m siding with the South Park guys here

https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/workforce/casa-bonita-workers-demand-return-tipping#:~:text=Shortly before opening%2C Casa Bonita's,wage of %2430 per hour.

Shortly before opening, Casa Bonita’s new owners Matt Stone and Trey Parker decided to eliminate tipping and instead pay workers a flat wage of $30 per hour.

Now I could be wrong, but getting a an hourly wage as a restaurant worker is FAR better than relying on tips. I feel like either workers in this situation are too obsessed with tips or there’s huge context missing.

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I mean yeah? With the crazy high tipping percentages that are normalised in the USA (20% is a good tip? In South Africa the standard tip is 10%) when combined with how expensive restaurant food and drinks are, provided with the fact that tips are mostly cash so you can avoid paying tax (someone else in the comments has already mentioned photoshopping pay slips), good waiters and waitresses could easily make more than 30 an hour during peak hour shifts, and back themselves to make up the difference there vs earning a flat rate during both peak shifts and midweek slow shifts.
- You can only skirt taxes if you aren’t pooling and splitting tips (ie front of house are scabbing)

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