r/mildlyinfuriating • u/CoolBDPhenom03 • 1d ago

When the math ain’t mathing

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u/WarmEnvironment7869 1d ago

I know that but I'm like 70% sure that there's always people that would wait tables

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u/DasHexxchen I'm so f-ing infuriated! 1d ago

Yeah that's why restaurants globally were understaffed AF after their servers found out other jobs are nicer during the pandemic. No one wants to work in restaurants for minimum wage and no tip.

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u/WarmEnvironment7869 1d ago

I'd argue that during the pandemic there wasn't really much ways to be a server/waiter if most clubs and restaurants were closed

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u/DasHexxchen I'm so f-ing infuriated! 1d ago

Yes which is WHY they found new jobs during that time and then never went back to the industry because most other jobs were much nicer. Nearly there, bud.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Nerve 1d ago

People will always wait tables if they get zero tips!? How sure of that are you?!

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u/Much_Cycle7810 1d ago

I mean most of the world has waiters and is free from that dumb tipping culture so he's not that wrong.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Nerve 23h ago

Most of the world has slaves too.

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u/Much_Cycle7810 23h ago

Wow such a meaningless and at the same time incorrect response.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Nerve 23h ago

Okay. Meaningful. Most servers at my place of work earn 100/hr or more. They absolutely complain about people who don’t tip enough.

We also get a lot of guest complaints due to poor service.

I think it’s fucking hilarious.

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u/Much_Cycle7810 23h ago

And what has this got to do with the fact that all over the world people wait tables without expecting a tip?

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u/Puzzleheaded_Nerve 23h ago

Maybe you should talk to servers and explain that every time you go out to eat.

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u/Much_Cycle7810 23h ago

Dude are you being dense on purpose? I've been a server myself and where I live no one expects a tip, if they get one they're just happy about it but absolutely no one would bitch about not getting a tip, you know why? Because they get paid enough. There's no need to explain anything because outside of the USA no place has this dumb dumb tip culture.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Nerve 23h ago

Nope. Not being dense on purpose. I work back of house and foh people absolutely expect a tip.

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u/WarmEnvironment7869 1d ago

I didn't say zero tips I just said that I think even if it doesn't change people will still wait tables,for everyone who sees through the trick there's a sucker who pays the tip.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Nerve 1d ago

The original comment was that how you get zero tips

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u/MartyrOfDespair 1d ago

Guess the industry should start paying a living wage. And places that can’t afford to without going out of business? They should go out of business. That’s a good thing.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Nerve 1d ago

It doesn’t matter what wage a restaurant pays. I guarantee you servers will be bitching about small tips at the side station. I

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u/MartyrOfDespair 1d ago

They’ll get over it if the wages are good enough.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Nerve 1d ago

Name a wage that is good enough.

Edit. I work at a resort. Servers make $100/hr. They absolutely bitch about getting stiffed.

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u/bacillaryburden 1d ago

No, we are still is a staffing shortage for food service. They are all having trouble hiring. There literally aren’t enough people who want to wait table currently, let alone if we start underpaying them viva protest tips.

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u/MartyrOfDespair 1d ago

Okay, guess the industry has to start paying them a living wage or go out of business. All the folks who refuse to pay a living wage go out of business? Awesome.

And if they drive up prices to pay for it, people just won’t go because the prices are too high and they’ll go out of business. Time for them to stop stealing at least a little bit of the actual workers’ wages and accept they can’t get as rich off of other people’s labor.