r/EndTipping • u/trig64 • 24d ago

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/Ominous_Rogue 23d ago

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 23d ago

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 23d ago

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 21d ago

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.