Arent they getting a minimum of $10/hr? If you are a great waiter then I provide a generous tip but this is outrageous.
Servers get paid below minimum, often
+$8. Still, if they serve, let's say, 3 tables an hour, they'll be making minimum or above. Most servers need to tip out the kitchen (at a busy restaurant, depending on how much the manager decides for kitchen tips,
if at all, the kitchen workers can be making an extra dollar per hour. Most places I've worked did not have kitchen tip out.) and their taxes before actually earning tips themselves. For a lot of servers I've worked with, they consider not having anything left after tax (and kitchen) "working for free," even worse yet, some will think of this as themselves having to pay the restaurant to work there, "I paid to work my shift tonight."
With the few awesome exceptions I've had the pleasure of meeting (or being served by) in my life, servers are entitled pieces of shit and it
really rubs me the wrong way. Unless they have the talent and poise to serve at a 5-star place where they're expected to serve wine, or they're working a busy bar by themselves, any server that complains can fucking get bent. Find a new job if you're "not being paid enough."
I'm done grinding this axe though.
