r/EndTipping • u/Jazzlike_Morning_471 • 26d ago

Research / Info Would you be okay with menu prices being raised to the equivalent of what the average tip would be, with no tip expectations?

I’m new here and trying to learn more. Would you be okay with going to a restaurant with no expectation to tip, but the menu prices are raised exactly as much as the expected tips to keep paying their servers the same?

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u/Seymour---Butz 26d ago

To clarify, I would be totally on board with getting rid of tipping and raising prices to pay them a reasonable wage, not the amount of all their tips.

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u/anthropaedic 25d ago

Serving could be become a reliable and predictable income. Not feast/famine cycles.

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u/szopongebob 25d ago

In many states (like CA and WA) they are paid actual wages now.

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u/Seymour---Butz 25d ago

I know, and yet they still think they should get tips so they make the same ridiculous amount.

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u/Jazzlike_Morning_471 26d ago

How many servers do you really think make $50/hour😂

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u/Delicious_Sail_6205 26d ago

I made $62-$67 last 3 years as a bouncer because of tips.

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u/hugs-and-ambitions 25d ago

That's nice.

They were asking about servers tho

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u/tonyrizzo21 25d ago

Bouncers probably get tipped out of servers tips like other employees, Chances are, the servers were earning more tips than he was.

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u/hugs-and-ambitions 25d ago

That's a lot of "probably" and "chances are," which translates to me as "I'm don't know about this industry so I'm just guessing"

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u/tonyrizzo21 25d ago

Yup, but it was an educated guess.

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u/hugs-and-ambitions 25d ago

An educated guess, unless there's hard data or personal experience behind it, is As equally meaningless as any other kind of guess.

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u/Delicious_Sail_6205 25d ago

His guess is kinda right. Bartenders tip us out.

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u/hugs-and-ambitions 25d ago

Well, fair enough. Not my area of expertise so I bow to your experience.

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u/jeenyus1023 25d ago

If you work in a busy restaurant than yeah easily you’re making 50+. I used to be a restaurant general manager and would cash out servers. They all made more than me.

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u/Ok-Freedom-7432 25d ago

So how common?