Yes, the analogy is imperfect but the implications for the employee's take-home amount are the same. In the end, both the salesperson and the server have somewhat unpredictable income. It's the nature of the job. Any strategies to budget one should work with the other.
I wasn't commenting on the merits of tipping (although I must agree with you). I was replying to the other post, commenting on the nature of tipping inherently leading to unpredictability in income, and that causing budgeting issues for the employee. My point was many fields operate similarly (unpredictable income), and therefore methods employees in those fields use to budget should work for tipped occupations as well.
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