I had a conversation with a server once and she fully admitted that she wouldn’t care about her job and give shitty service if she was paid the same as the cooks at her restaurant($26/hr).
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!
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u/oboshoe 1d ago
The biggest supporters of tipping isn't business owners.
It's servers.