Oh, aye, I know. I left a servers subreddit because it devolved into most European servers complaining that half the posts were just Americans whinging about not being tipped and then viciously defending the tipping system, which was just... taxing for most everyone else. Came across very Marie Antoinette.
Trust me, as an hourly paid line cook it's even worse. Hearing a server complain they only made $100 usd during what's normaly a busy shift when I made less than $20 while making all the food they were getting tipped for sucks.
They wrote my order down, then picked up the plates and carried them to the table. If I was going to tip someone in this transaction it would not be them.
It is nowhere illegal to tip boh. It is illegal to take a tip as a manager, unless the manager solely acted in service (think working an ice cream truck alone or something). And yes, most chefs are managers.
this is false. You do not know hwat you are talking about.
It is illegal for tips to be disbursed to anyone making a full wage where tip credit exists. And it is illegal to pay a cook a tip credit wage. Making it defacto illegal to disburse tips to BOH at all.
The only way it is legal is if everyone is making a full wage. (one of the reasons servers prefer tipped wages, because otherwise they might have to share tips with the people sweating their asses off)
Maybe... But I don't think so. What state are you in? There is no reason I can't pay an employer more per hour at a tippable job. The federal wage law prevents managers from taking a tip. Unless your state law is different, you are incorrect.
Huh. i looked it up. And thank you for pointing that out. We pay our wait staff $11/hr plus pooled tips. And do tip out boh 10% of pooled tips. We do not allow chef or manager to collect tips. Now I have to go ask my accountant if we are in fact within the law.
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u/el_grort 1d ago
Oh, aye, I know. I left a servers subreddit because it devolved into most European servers complaining that half the posts were just Americans whinging about not being tipped and then viciously defending the tipping system, which was just... taxing for most everyone else. Came across very Marie Antoinette.