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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl
Here in Oregon, servers make a minimum $7.50 an hour. There are a number of states in the West where tipping doesn't lower the minimum wage. When I worked in a restaurant as a cook, we got a share of the tips, and I usually made $20 for a lunch shift and anywhere from $40-80 on a dinner shift. Good money, given that I was also paid $8.18 an hour.
But yes, consumers should be aware of which states do change their minimum wage for servers. Otherwise you're seriously impacting how much someone takes home with a bad tip.
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Actually, the minimum wage is a federally set standard, though some states may make it higher, the standard is the federal minimum wage (and no state can make it lower).
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Originally Posted by maleficient
the problem with tipping at starbucks, is that it's pretty well documented that starbucks employees are not underpaid. they are well compensated for the work they do and some have benefits available to them... There is no reason for them to be begging for tips, other than the fact that they can...
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I don't see simply having a tip jar out as "begging". *shrug*
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
and by that last part, then you should be tipping the Dunkin' Donuts guy too.
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Well, sure you should, but instead of $0.60 it'll be maybe $0.20. *shrug* I have no problem with that.