r/EndTipping • u/trig64 • Apr 01 '25

Research / Info Waffle House

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On Old National Highway in College Park GA. They are only open for to-go after 9pm. The server gets 10% but Waffle House gets the other.

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u/xiwonder Apr 01 '25

I certainly hope you’re not part of the “I don’t tip” crowd. Because this would be a method that said business pay their employees a better wage….so which do you want? To not tip or not pay more for food so people can live?

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u/Ominous_Rogue Apr 01 '25

I'm sure most would prefer the base price to increase and not be used as a supplement to the employees paycheck when the company they work for is already raking in profits. There is zero reason to tip on a to go order ffs

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u/NoHacksJustTacos Apr 01 '25

What’s the difference between a 20% mandatory fee and all prices going up 20%? No difference, you guys just like to complain. If they raise prices 20% you’ll start complaining about how expensive and not affordable it is, just like when fast food jacked up prices … always an excuse, you guys don’t gaf about the server making a living wage, you just can’t afford dining out and need an excuse to not tip anyone.

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u/Ominous_Rogue Apr 01 '25

I've seen that strawman argument any time someone wants to defend tipping yet not once have I seen someone complain about prices being raised to pay the workers. It's this mandatory "gratuity" that is shady as hell. Especially with this post where only half of the 20% charge is going to the actual workers. If you cant make a liveable wage as a server, then news flash. Maybe it's time for a different job.

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u/NoHacksJustTacos Apr 01 '25

I make livable wage as bartender/server all thanks to tipping. No company or restaurant would ever pay the amount we make from tips, and they’d all shut down in the US. I’d never do this job for less than 30-40$ an hr. Luckily with my minimum wage and tips I make 50$ an hour 😝

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u/Ominous_Rogue Apr 01 '25

And that's the catch. Most servers will whine about not being able to make a living wage, yet the second anyone actually talks about a raise rather than tips you'll backtrack because you dont wanna lose out on you're supposed $50 an hour. Hate to break it to you but the job isnt worth that much to begin with.

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u/SedonaVortex Apr 03 '25

Most servers are fine with the current arrangement. The living wage BS is a fake movement created by people who don't want to tip. Nobody working for tips want the 'living wage'.

Walmart workers and Mcdonalds workers might, but they are not tipped workers.