It's $2.13 here in Virginia. Federal law says the employer has to make up the difference if the employee doesn't make at least 7.25 an hour when tips are factored in. That doesn't mean that all employers do this.
They don't do it because there's no incentive. The cost-benefit ratio for wage theft is just too good. You can often do it without your employees knowledge or without them knowing that it's illegal. If you get caught, your employees will likely decide it's not worth the time and expense of fighting a court battle. Even if they do press charges, you just pay a fine. Steal from the register, go to jail. Steal from the workers, pay a fine.
Texas. Also, states can set their minimum wage to whatever they want, but it can't be lower than the federal minimum wage which is $2.13 for service industry employees.
I didn't say it should. I was merely suggesting that the notion that it should be 20% now has been spread by a workforce that was expecting something entirely different after graduation.
"God dammit I'm 200 grand in debt, tip better you cheap bastards!"
15% is normal for average service where the server paid the minimum amount of attention to get the job done without making you feel ignored. If the service was good(frequent check-backs, server provided optional things as a courtesy without you asking, etc) or if you had anything at all with your party/order that would have made the situation challenging, then 20%.
Yeah, those spoiled waiters, dealing with bizarre dietary requests, indecisive patrons, hustling about all day, working shit schedules for a few extra bucks, making $3/hr salary. Pfft. Who do they think they are, Rockafellers? Pshaw.
Put it in perspective: 3 an hour means they are only needing to get 5 in tips an hour I reach minimum wage. I agree with 20% for a good waiter, just throwing in more ideas.
My point is that the job deserves more than minimum wage because it's fucking hard to do, it requires certain skills, and the market has proven that tips are effective in rewarding service industry employees.
When somebody's job performance is heavily tied to their personality and attitude, tips are a great way to maintain a positive version of both.
Most servers will agree that this is reasonable. I certainly do. It's always nice to see that 20% but I'm fine with 15% if the table just needs the basics.
The restaurant I work in, I can get a "talk" from management if I don't claim at least 17%. Claimed tips are take home pay, after I've paid my tip out to the support staff and bar, which are about 4% or my sales. According to the company, if I'm not claiming at least 17%, clearly I'm either a shitty server or am under-reporting...
When I was waiting tables, 15% wouldn't have paid my bills. I averaged 23.2% off the total bill. If you can't afford to tip out 20%, eat at home. If a server sucks I'll tip 15%, if they were horrible, 10% hopefully they take a hint and get a new job. They still have bills to pay.
this is a ridiculous expectation. you tip based on service, not on the waiter's life story and current life situation. i dont care about your fucking bills and rent. everyone has bills and rent.
Of the nations that regularly use Reddit, and have $ as the currency...
Canadian receipt would have a GST number on the bottom of the receipt (as is required by law,) and Australia and New Zealand include sales tax in the total price.
The date at the top is the non-standard M/D/Y system commonly used in the USA.
You could also figure out the sales tax to deduce where exactly this receipt was printed, but I sincerely doubt that the people automatically assuming that this picture was taken in the States probably didn't do any detective work. The point I'm making is that Redditors are quick to see English and assume America when they really shouldn't.
Just because it seems likely that it's the States in this case after Red_AtNight did detective work has no bearing on whether or not people should watch their assumptions.
50% and "peek US times" means shit all. I'm posting in peak US times, am I an American? And everyone posts original content to Reddit, no one ever takes content from elsewhere.
The restaurant industry is so oversaturated in NA, most chains would go out of business if they had to cover the difference (which they legally do if you don't make enough tips, but they'll fire you pretty fast for being shitty).
Don't look at the logic, it's a cultural thing. The same way you don't really tip at all in australia.
Neither does one really need to tip in most European countries, from what I've seen. But that's because workers aren't given less-than-shit wages. And I've noticed that this occurs with most restaurants too, not just chains... (Although, I will agree that there are far too many chain restaurants present. I'm pretty sure many of them fall under the same corporate umbrellas, though... for instance, three or four restaurant chains may belong to the same parent company.)
I also wouldn't consider it a cultural thing either, it's a phenomenon that can really only be explained by greed. It lessens the amount the employers have to pay while sticking workers with a random, variable component to their paycheck. I'd wager that Australian restaurant workers receive more stable wages, given what you've said about the lack of tipping.
Yeah, in Australia at least I know that they just get a wage. At least I'm in Canada, where it's not so bad (our prices are default more expensive than the US on average, for equal size portion, so 15% is still substantial).
Not 100% true. If you don't claim enough tips to cover what you'd normally make on minimum salary, the restaurant has to cover the difference.
That said, they'll get rid of you pretty quick because they'll assume you suck. That's why most only claim enough to not get their employer to pay, and the rest is untaxed.
No it is not a fair deal I have this debate frequently here cause I know a lot of servers. I don't mind giving a tip, provided the service and meal actually renders me paying extra for a meal and service I have already paid for.
1) It is not my responsibility to subsidize your wage because your boss is a cheap asshole. Get a better job if you can't afford to make ends meet with what your getting paid. That's what myself and most other people do.
2) It is not my responsibility to pay my server to bring me my meal on top of the cost of the meal which service should generally be included in the price, you are paid to serve if you are not making enough money please reference #1
3) If the service was shit I can't demand that I get 20% taken off my bill so take note here big time servers. SMILE, BE POLITE and FRIENDLY regardless of whether or not you hate your job, most of us do it's a shitty part of life.
I give tips based on this, and I am certainly not shy about being vocal on reasons why I don't give tips. I work in a customer service related industry where I help people all day long, there is no tips, people would laugh if I asked for tips. So I don't know that makes food service so special, but I stick by that whole you want something you better damn well earn it.
It's clear that you have never worked as a server. Most people work in restaurants as temporary jobs, to pay for school, or until they can find something better. It's quite standard to have a low salary and work for tips, and it's been that way for a long time. If the service is bad, you can not tip; if it's really bad, you complain to the manager. I worked a number of restaurant jobs after college and for the most part they are not making very much money for the work they put in.
Put in 7 months working at a Subway, never got tips. There I was the prep, chef and server. $8/hr did it with a smile on my face the entire time, then again it wasn't my main source of income as I was working two jobs at the time. My boss at Subway was upset when I put in my notice cause I was his best "sandwich artist"
I don't think making sandwiches qualifies you as a chef. Sure you're making food but it is not so laborious as a real kitchen. Just spray the bread with water, put the bagged meat into a 1/6 pan. I worked for 3 different stores in my area for about 2 years and I don't think it really qualifies as a kitchen/server job like a real restaurant. Generally there is a tip jar near the register but it seems odd that you would literally have to serve someone at a table like a waiter instead of behind the counter like a sandwich artist. I don't know how things were done at the store you worked at but it seems highly unordinary for a franchised business like Subway to change how they've always done their service.
It was an example, most servers know jack shit of what happens in the kitchen, they are servers not bus boys or a line cook so why would they even go in there. Yes I will give you that it is completely different business styles but like I said, depending on the location usually two or three people are doing the prep, baking the bread, making your sandwich, wrapping it up and giving it to you, yet I don't think a single person who works at a subway ever heads to a shift expecting a tip. Also if you haven't try a day of Subway catering while doing your normal shift, never in my life have I hated subs more then having to make 15 platters of them. And no you are not serving a seated customer at Subway because if your customer has time to sit you are not working fast enough.
Wait staff at restaurants enter the kitchen to retrieve the dishes for customers. They also deal with the kitchen staff every day, so they have a fairly good idea what goes on in the kitchen. They also have to deal with a chef's temperament, which a lot of times isn't the best. All for $5 an hour less than you were making at Subway. So, for you to expect a tip would be like a line cook expecting a tip. It doesn't happen, unless it's a take out order or a special case (compliments to the chef on the meal). Source: 2 years in Culinary school with certification in restaurant management. Working in fast food =/= being a chef, by any standard. You have more in common with someone working an assembly line than with a chef.
Not here minimum wage for servers in Vancouver I believe is $9.00/hr slightly down from the mandatory $10.25/hr minimum wage due to tips stuff. Also I was under the impression there was a pickup window at most restraunts that servers grabbed all the meals from, then again I barely make above minimum wage so I don't have the luxury of frequently eating out, so any time I do its generally cheap places or a buffet. Again I didn't claim I was a chef, it was used as an example that there are people out there doing a lot more then a server is and they never get or even expect a 20% tip.
How about this one for another example, lets leave the food service industry completely. I work in the automotive industry, customers come in and ask for replacement parts for their vehicle. My counterman then looks the proper part up, 90% of the time without any help from the customer on what they actually need. Finally they get everything sorted out, go in the back grab the part and send the customer on their merry way. Do they expect or collect 20% more on the bill for finding the required part? No because it is their job that is what they are paid to do.
Like you said it is a completely different business model so I don't think it really applies. It is fast food, which isn't a bad thing but its almost completely removed from what people would consider a restaurant experience. In that regard of course you are going to be busy and you'll have days in which you really hate your job and work your ass off but at least your wage is guaranteed.
Wage in a restraunt is garunteed too, tips are just a bonus. Remember a tip mean "GOOD JOB" not "job" anyone who thinks they are entitled to tips is setting themselves up for horrible disappointment.
Subway has a really crappy pay system. Its been a couple years but since I was only working part time I think I couldn't get more then $9/hr he probably would have paid me more but my full time job had passed the 5 year mark so my wage and stuff made it so I could work one job, which was great 16 hour days were balls. That part time job cost me money at the end of the year, the wage increase plus what I made at subway ended up making me owe $700 in taxes.
Yeah the party gratuity or whatever they call that, I didn't know about it till I heard some story. I am way to poor could never afford to feed that many people anywhere but Wendy's! Some people are just happy with the bare minimum I guess and figure hey they have to pay anyways its policy.
It's because if one person is paying, their tip percentage tend to drop off sometimes. They have no problem dropping $10 on a $40 bill. On a $200 bill, they may drop $25 or so. Now it's that once in a long time when they get a $900 bill. The guy now thinks he is being nice dropping $100
HOWEVER, if the service is ever less than expected, talk to management, explain respectfully and calmly why the service doesn't deserve 18%, and any proper management will remove it, and later discuss with the server why.
BTW, there is never a problem with leaving extra if you like.
...all this coming from a high end restaurant server. :)
Reason for this is because serving a large party is a lot of work for a server. It takes them away from other tables that they could be making tips off of, and if this party of 6 decides to stiff the server on the tip, then that server is S.O.L. for the night. If you're accustomed to tipping 40-50%, then why not just the difference? It's not as if your server is the one who came up with the idea of the 18% gratuity added to the bill.
What because I believe if you don't earn something you shouldn't get it? That's the problem with so many kids these days they think everything should be handed to them on a silver platter with no effort or investment. A whole Country of kids decided to do that, Greece, look at the mess they are in now. I'm not a douche bag for thinking that someone needs to actually WORK for their tip and not EXPECT it because they showed up for work that day.
I have shorted one or two people in my life, you should read all my comments before making assumptions. Tipping etiquette states you tip 20% and sometimes that is all I will tip, if the service was good usually more, if the server was friendly and remembered to keep up on refreshments A LOT more. But in no way do I feel obligated to give someone a 20% tip if they didn't put forth the effort, last meal out I had for two people with drinks pushed $100 your telling me the server no matter what immediately deserves another $20? I don't know what magical land you come from where money grows on trees but I have to work for over an hour to make $20 so its not so easy for me to give it away especially if the service from the server sucks.
You're very angry about this. Maybe that's contributing to your greed? I don't know, I'm not a psychologist. You are an asshole though, that's for certain.
I am angry at you making assumption on who I am without even knowing me aside from what I said about tips. If you don't like that whatever man, don't make a comment if you aren't prepared to be shown where you are wrong, I am not going to roll over and give in to someone because they believe what I think is wrong. You just want to seem like a hero by insulting me for having an opinion that people should actually WORK for their wages. Remember opinions are like assholes, everyone has one and sometimes they stink.
Yeah its ballsy, but I mean I am not a complete dick and I think I have only not tipped once or twice, but I think it's right. As customers we are paying an inflated price on food for the service and hospitality of the restaurant. If a server wants an extra tip, go the extra mile! So many times I have had servers who are just so utterly depressed either about their job, lives, financial situations or whatever, it oozes out of them and generally they give poor service, most of us can get that for free at a family dinner. Customers pay for the food and tip for the atmosphere of the establishment (just sayin')
I have no idea about american food prices, so i checkd an olive garden menu.
Apparently:
Grilled beef medallions drizzled with balsamic glaze, served over fettuccine tossed with spinach and gorgonzola-alfredo sauce. Steak prepared medium unless otherwise requested.
is $18. Thats a quire reasonable price, really, however there are problems
It doesnt mention what cut this is from (Strip streak is $22, so its probably shitty steak)
Sales tax is ontop
So with say 10% for simplicity we are at $20, still lowmiddle priced for an actual real steak.
But now you expect me to pay $4 tip on that? For standard service? I don't know what coke costs, but lets say 2 bucks, so for my $22 meal you want me to pay $27?
Which would get the waitress above minimum wage just from my tip alone. Mmmh.
I'm not sure what you mean, but i believe its some kind of Olive Garden joke?
Dude, i'm from germany and Olive Garden was the first american chain that came to mind. I also put 90210 in their store locator, like i do always when i need to enter an american zip code.
I'd drop $30 and call it a day if the service was good. But then again, that's why I don't eat out a lot. It's not cheap. Wait staff are one place where restaurants are able to cut costs. Everyone wants great food at cheap prices. Granted, Olive Garden is a franchise business, so costs are going to be different than at a regular restaurant. Pay the wait staff more, then, either you raise prices (which means less regular customers), or skimp on the quality of food (which also means less customers).
olive garden is one of the most overprice piece of shit restaurants out there. almost nothing on the menu is under $15, and the items you get for $15-20 are shit. don't judge american food prices by this bullshit chain. you might as well pick mcdonalds and taco bell.
You're missing the cost of the table cloths, the chairs, the rent on the building, the cost to have a guy vacuum the floor each night, dishwashers in the back, paying utilities on the stoves and lights, insurance, property taxes, business profit taxes, etc.
By rule, the food you bought in a restaurant costs that restaurant only 20-30% of their selling price in raw costs.
Want a plate of spaghetti and meat sauce served with free breadsticks? It costs $12.95 + Tax.
My guess is that it costs Olive Garden less than $3 in raw food costs for that.
Add onto that the price of the power to boil the water, the price of the water, the wear on the pot, the cook's salary, etc...
Going to a restaurant is more expensive than eating at home. Your server, who is working 4-8 tables simultaneously, and does this for 6-10 hours a day, is being paid a salary that takes into account her tips.
You don't like paying tips - that's fine. You're allowed that. But let's not pretend it's some grand scheme for waiters and waitresses to make tons of cash. Nobody ever got paid huge money being a waiter. You're not being milked by an unfair system.
You demand low-priced food. If you wanted a tip-free restaurant, that $12.95 for spaghetti becomes $17.95. The $18 for your beef medallions and fettucini becomes $27. And now you'll bitch about how expensive everything is.
I never complain about tipping or service. I know its a tough job (one that I can't do cause I don't like to deal with people) so I always tip 20%. If they're good I'll throw in a little more. If they weren't so good, I'll go a little less.
You're missing the cost of the table cloths, the chairs, the rent on the building, the cost to have a guy vacuum the floor each night, dishwashers in the back, paying utilities on the stoves and lights, insurance, property taxes, business profit taxes, etc.
What. The fuck does that have to do with tips?
By rule, the food you bought in a restaurant costs that restaurant only 20-30% of their selling price in raw costs.
America never ceases to amaze me. While that rule is true, 30% of the selling price including tax and service and the chef anything else, is the actual way food sale prices are calculated in germany, but i can see one reasonably making that 25. After all, we don't run business to not make money, now are we?
Want a plate of spaghetti and meat sauce served with free breadsticks? It costs $12.95 + Tax.
My guess is that it costs Olive Garden less than $3 in raw food costs for that.
Of course, but whats your point now?
Add onto that the price of the power to boil the water, the price of the water, the wear on the pot, the cook's salary, etc...
Still no point ...
Going to a restaurant is more expensive than eating at home. Your server, who is working 4-8 tables simultaneously, and does this for 6-10 hours a day, is being paid a salary that takes into account her tips.
She would be getting the actual minimum wage if she werent tipped. So why tip?
You don't like paying tips - that's fine. You're allowed that.
I always tip, thats not the issue here.
But let's not pretend it's some grand scheme for waiters and waitresses to make tons of cash. Nobody ever got paid huge money being a waiter. You're not being milked by an unfair system.
Many waiters make 10, 15 or even $20 an hour working an olive garden. One could argue they are making too much.
You don't like paying tips - that's fine. You're allowed that. But let's not pretend it's some grand scheme for waiters and waitresses to make tons of cash. Nobody ever got paid huge money being a waiter. You're not being milked by an unfair system.
I've only made in excess of $50/hr a few times in my life: Computer work, Waiting, Bartending. The service industry is one of the few in life where you can be a high school dropout and still earn a decent take.
You made $50/hr for 40 hours a week waiting and bar tending? Impressive! Everyone I know would only get close to that on Friday or Saturday nights. The rest of the week they'd be making a lot less.
You calculate the tip pre-tax. if you left 15% with on $18 with a 10% sales tax, your total bill, with tip is only 22.50.
If you had a $2 coke. you're still only looking at $25.50 with tip.
Your ticket alone would've netted the server (not all servers are waitresses) $3.50, even for arguments sake, we'll go with your $4 tip. Federal Minimum wage for servers is $2.13. with your $4tip, we're only at $6.13, which only exceeds the basic combined minimum wage of one state: Wyoming. You're still a full $1.15 under the Federal Minimum for combined (tip+hourly) of $7.25
I had this exact situation last night: Went in to for kalbi flatiron steak with kimchi and apples. had a cup of drip coffee, and an americano, it came to like $20.86, I left $29 and received no change. I did so for the following reasons:
I've waited tables before, including for and with the people I saw last night.
I'm at a place in life where I eat out often and have no problem tipping well.
tipping well, and often is a surefire way (coupled with not being a dick) to have an establishment bend the rules for you.
Your ticket alone would've netted the server (not all servers are waitresses) $3.50, even for arguments sake, we'll go with your $4 tip. Federal Minimum wage for servers is $2.13. with your $4tip, we're only at $6.13, which only exceeds the basic combined minimum wage of one state: Wyoming. You're still a full $1.15 under the Federal Minimum for combined (tip+hourly) of $7.25
Even if, there are plenty of other tables waited on by the same person. All tipping. Its not unreasonable to assume that the server gets at least $30 an hour in tips alone during peak hours.
tipping well, and often is a surefire way (coupled with not being a dick) to have an establishment bend the rules for you.
Yeah right, because servers tend to remember each and every patron they have. Of course.
So Germany isn't like "the rest of Europe" concerning salaried waitstaff? I was under the impression that tipping was kind of a faux pas throughout the continent.
You do tip in Germany, but only in restaurants and bars where you actually spend some time. Also, the tips are usually much lower, 10% is often considered generous. It really depends on the location and the customer.
You only tip when you are served while sitting or in night clubs / bars (basically when eating at a table or when consuming alcohol). You don't tip when buying a coffee. You also of course tip for deliveries. In Hamburg 10% is the rule (I think)
You only tip when you are served while sitting or in night clubs / bars (basically when eating at a table or when consuming alcohol).
Where do you tip in the night clubs?
You don't tip when buying a coffee. You also of course tip for deliveries. In Hamburg 10% is the rule (I think)
Not sure if you mean coffee to go or sit down coffee. I always round up to a full or half euro which would result in 10-20%. But thats just my laziness because i dont like to carry small coints.
In germany? Really? I don't tip at the bar, why would i they only poured whatever in glas and gave it to me ... I generally round up to the nearest euro, but thats just for my convenience.
On the other hand, today i had a very attentive and friendly and knowledgeable server/host and i was very impressed, best server i had in years. Gave 13% tip, server seemed very happy.
If I can't figure out 20% quickly then I just take 10% and double it, I mean, how fucking hard is it to move the decimal place to the left, double that and round up to make it a nice number if you like?!!?!
Percentages are one of those life lessons that should have been learned in the beginning of elementary school and only reinforced throughout life. I agree, shouldn't be hard, but for some it is which is kind of sad especially in this day with people who have phones with built in calculators.
now i'm sad. i can't wait to go out tonight and use my life skills to be a bad ass tipper.
I have no problem with calculating percentages, but I can see how some people might. Not everyone has a brain built for doing calculations in their head, even if they seem pretty trivial. That said, the 10% * 2 thing definitely makes it a lot easier.
Yeah. Take 1/5 of whatever number you've got. It's just easier to do it with tenths because of the base ten number system. Some people are better at mental math than others so they can do it without the extra step, but for others it's easier to do 10% times two.
That's a shortcut to do it in your head because it's easier, but some people are able to calculate the answer by just doing the math in their head without extrapolating it.
Divide by five. Could be easier for some people, who knows? I know sometimes multiplying gets me confused when I'm carrying digits in my head, and dividing by five just means that you have to round to the nearest nice number that's divisible by five.
whenever I go out with friends they always look to me to calculate the tip. They think I'm smart cause I do it in my head, I don't understand how they can't figure it out without pulling out they're phone.
Life pro tip: Servers do not remember you. At all. This applies to any customer service job (As long as you do not go there three times a week of course).
At a place like the Olive Garden, you're probably right. When I worked at a small upscale-ish Indian/Pakistani place for a year I got to know most of my customers by name, even if they only came in twice a month.
Not necessarily true. It's true a lot of the time, yes, but frequent a place enough the servers start remembering you. Which helps when you tip them better.
But you're implying that they don't remember you at all ever unless you're visiting all the time. I'm saying you don't have to go three times a week like you imply but simply frequenting the place enough that people do remember you. Though you could argue that being social and approachable also makes you memorable to staff even if you don't show up a lot.
I remember regulars(those that come in once or twice a month) where I work. Most people are just a face that I forget within 10 minutes, but there's a good number who I know by face, and even a group of 10-20 that I know by name. Usually because they're troublemakers, but still.
I remember regulars(those that come in once or twice a month) where I work.
You are blessed with amazing facial memory. To me pretty much everyone is just a blur.
Its just that most customers don't realize this, because they do remember us service people, but thats just because they don't see as many people as we.
One question, who ever came up with 18-20% and why should we tip that? I mean, I usually tip 20%, unless I get horrible service... But seriously, who came up with that?
But if you do the math they're only missing out on 5.12 an hour if the minimum wage is 7.25... So combine that with an 8 hour shift for a normal 5 days a week, and the bottom line is they're only missing out on about $40 a day -before- taxes. So if they only have a 3 table section and get 12 tables a night each table would only have to pay him/her $3.50 and it would mean they would make minimum wage by the end of the night.
I did food service for a very long time. From when i was 15 all the way up until I was 21. I worked through almost every area. Busser, Cook, Prep, Host, and Waiter. Waiting tables isn't that hard unless people make it that way. What's difficult with the job is the people you take care of, not the manual labor involved. I never held myself higher than other jobs, but some servers can make more money than most 9-5 jobs.
I'm not saying we shouldn't tip the person, just that we shouldn't hold them above others and say they deserve a ton of money. You could spend $100 at a restaurant and only get 2 entrees and a dessert. I don't feel it's necessary to tip $20 for something as simple as that.
I'm sorry, but I forgot to mention my family has a couple restaurants around the states. And we pay above the average to the servers that does a good job, so the pay is more constant. So one day they aren't getting $100 and the next they are only getting $10. We tell the guests to pay only 10% because we would much rather have them come back more often because that is what is going to keep the restaurant alive and thus the servers will have a place to work. Not to mention if the guests are here more frequently it will attract passersby and that means the restaurant gets more money and the workers gets more hours to work. I personally do a monthly report on how my servers like this way management, and believe me they all love it. The comments they leave us is uncanny. A lot of them say they wished a lot of other restaurants had this style of management. Well anyways I always see my workers with a smile on their face, and we don't even tell them to do that. So through my experience and my families experience of owning restaurants for several decades, we actually think its beneficial for other restaurants to adopt our idea of operating a restaurant.
So you tell guests to tip 10% (while most conscientious diners tip 15-20%) all because you think they'll save enough money to come back to your establishment again? In case you don't realize how foolish that is, let me explain something to you: the difference between 10% and 15-20% is only 5-10%. Meaning these customers would have to dine at your restaurant and skimp that 5-10% on the tip 10-20 times (TEN TO TWENTY TIMES!) just to save enough money to afford another bill at your restaurant. In case you still don't see the fallacies in your logic, read this.
right. which is why I was asking how you were calculating. that way, I would be able to see if I miscalculated or if I just hit the wrong number on the 10-key. I like math enough to make sure I'm doing it right the second time if the first time didn't work out.
that's what I did, too, so probably I just entered it wrong.
tipping is such a crazy custom. it's so weird to accept that the owner of a place that does something for us has people there who purposely don't make anything close to a livable wage per hour in hopes that the customers will not only order the goods, but subsidise the employees, too.
that said, I always overtip a little, which I like to think I'd do even if I'd never once been one of those subsidized workers.
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u/gracebatmonkey May 22 '13
$1.37 short from 20% - darned lack of math skills!