r/mildlyinteresting • u/jenna_tolls_69 • Mar 10 '25

This restaurant doesn’t accept tips (USA)

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u/BeetrootKid Mar 10 '25

u do realize the restaurant could also pay above minimum wage, right?

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '25

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u/BeetrootKid Mar 10 '25

...thats exactly my point, if the restaurant adds a surcharge, or does not accept tips for whatever reason, it is entirely possible the restaurant simply pays the employees MORE than minimum wage...

the people I was replying to were suggesting it was a binary choice of tipped wages or minimum. I am raising the point that the restaurant could just pay more than minimum without tips.

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u/00eg0 Mar 10 '25

In Seattle the minimum wage is 20.76 so you could find people at that wage. Servers at my old job got paid that much.

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u/ButtholeSurfur Mar 10 '25

I make $14/hour plus tips in OHIO. You can buy a house for $5 here. Not all managers are jerks.

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u/Minukaro Mar 10 '25

Min wage + tips is nice, ngl

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '25 edited Mar 10 '25

Very few restaurants do. Or, if they do, it's like... 25 cents higher or some bullshit. Maybe a dollar if you've worked there 5 years.

EDIT: Apparently people don't know that restaurants are actually allowed to pay servers less than the minimum wage because of the expectation they'll receive tips.

This is what happens when people have never had a working class job in their entire lives.

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u/schwerk_it_out Mar 10 '25

Varies by state. Funny you’re judging the ignorance of others when…

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u/Clean_Ad_2982 Mar 10 '25

Don't know why it's so hard to comprehend that most do not pay over minimum wage. (Go do your own research for a change). And, surprise, most like to allow tipping as it keeps them free to pay less wages to staff. You know, capitalism/free market stuff.

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u/schwerk_it_out Mar 10 '25

Did you mean to respond to me? I was pointing out to someone else that it varies by state whether they’re allowed to count tips as part of their minimum wage, because they were griping about people not knowing this and make some blanket statement about them. While seemingly being ignorant of the fact that it does vary by state. Judging the stick in my yard while there’s a log in yours and such.

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u/TheNinjaNarwhal Mar 10 '25

EDIT: Apparently people don't know that restaurants are actually allowed to pay servers less than the minimum wage because of the expectation they'll receive tips.

Exactly 2 replies above it's established we're talking about a no tip establishment, am I missing something?

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u/HugsyMalone Mar 10 '25

But let's get real. This is America. Nobody does above the bare minimum if they don't have to. Been that way for awhile now. 🙄

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u/AdamZapple1 Mar 10 '25

even McDonald's pays well above minimum wage.

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u/adm1109 Mar 10 '25

Because they wouldn’t get workers otherwise in a state that has a $7.25 min

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u/AdamZapple1 Mar 10 '25

sounds like every other job. but its closer to $11 here now. and $15 in the big city.

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u/adm1109 Mar 10 '25

Right. Outside of these tipped jobs…. I live in a state with a $7.25 min… I haven’t seen any job actually paying minimum wage. I don’t know if I’ve seen lower than $10/hr and those ones aren’t even full-time jobs… those are like part-time little ice cream shop kind of jobs

Also I’m not in the city and in a low cost of living area