• @bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world
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    288 months ago

    You obviously haven’t been talking to servers that make $200 a night in cash tips they don’t pay taxes on. My fiancé works in marketing for a large winery, and some of the kids they would bring in to work the restaurant would be making tons of money from it. Those are the people who love it

    • @dangblingus@lemmy.world
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      318 months ago

      You don’t talk to enough servers that aren’t 20 year old blonde chicks. And even then, there are slow nights where they bring home $50 in tips. It’s a predatory system for all involved except the owner class.

      • @bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world
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        68 months ago

        Okay? The point is that there are people who like the system, and those are the people I outlined. That’s the point of my comment as a reply to the comment above. No one here has said it’s not predatory.

      • Or the people in the back of the house that bust their ass, are sometimes highly trained, and take home less than the person carrying food back and forth.

    • Blaster M
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      128 months ago

      They’re supposed to pay federal income tax on their tips in the USA. However, it being cash, most people take it as “under the table” wages.

      • @bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        I know they are supposed to, but most servers don’t. Some business will even give out your debit/credit tips in cash so you don’t have to claim them.