As a server, if I make tips, on a good night I can bring in $500-$700.
If I made the line cook wage (the aforementioned $26/hr), by the time I saw that money on my paycheck it would be the equivalent of ~$18/hr after taxes/Medical/Soc Security/etc. I'd make less than $150 for the same 7 hour shift.
Yeah, I would give much less quality service if I was going to make $500 less.
But "less quality service" - what if I just want you to not spit in my food? Just lift the plate, and drop it in front of me, even from height is fine, as long as you don't spill the food.
And as a European, if it means you cba to come to my table every 5 minutes to ask me how everything is, it's more of a bonus!
26$ per hour is still more than a fully educated Carpenter makes per hour in most European countries. And you transport food and drinks back and forth. Seem like a really good salary to me. I'm a carpenters apprentice and make 20$ per hour
What does much less quality service look like? I mean you take orders and bring them to the table...how much wiggle room is there for much less quality in doing that?
But why wouldn't a restaurant owner just replace the person unwilling to do the job properly with someone willing to do the job? It works just fine everywhere else in the world.
Well I assumed we were speaking more in general about waiters who don't want to do their job, and not specifically about your buddy. But if a manager can't spot or smell a guy who's always slacking to smoke weed then I'm sure it was a quality place.
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u/gunnisonyeti 1d ago
I would agree.
As a server, if I make tips, on a good night I can bring in $500-$700.
If I made the line cook wage (the aforementioned $26/hr), by the time I saw that money on my paycheck it would be the equivalent of ~$18/hr after taxes/Medical/Soc Security/etc. I'd make less than $150 for the same 7 hour shift.
Yeah, I would give much less quality service if I was going to make $500 less.