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Originally Posted by spindles
I don't want to turn this into a minimum wage debate, but the idea that servers should be exempt from minimum wage just seems sucky to me. Minimum wage in Oz means exactly that - we *pay* the minimum wage for serving staff already, so the x% tipping really doesn't happen here. Tipping is a bonus, but is not expected at all.
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The thing with tipped wage is this, you can't make LESS than minimum wage even if your base wage is less than minimum wage.
Say you make $2.50 an hour plus tips. The minimum wage is $7.50 an hour. You work 3 hours and make $5 in tips. That's $7.50 + $5 for the 3 hours. That's $10 less than minimum wage, so if you claim your tips correctly, then you should get $10 extra for that day on your check for the week. The restaurant HAS to bring your wage up to minimum wage on your paycheck. Bad thing about it, sometimes you just barely make minimum wage because when you are on the floor, you don't always have tables. So you might made good money in the middle of the rush but the hour setting up and the 2 hours with tables you won't make jack. So for all the time you work, you make minimum wage all day... which still sucks.
The idea behind tipped wage is that, if you work for tips, you will give the customer better service than if you made the same if you didn't give a fuck. The bad thing is that even if you give people the best service you can, they still will give you nothing.
I don't like any job that pays me based on the generosity of the general public. People suck and don't tip. Give me a straight wage any day of the week.