Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
Hydrostream -
How would have felt about the crews if you weren't getting minimum wage, expected tips to make a descent wage, and you knew the crews were getting money to tip you but weren't and keeping that WHOLE $1 for themselves. Might you have a different opinion then?
If people are accepting jobs BELOW minimum wage to only rely on the paying public to support their income, that’s their fault. The whole waiter/waitress/bartender/etc. setup puts financial obligations on the paying public’s rather than the employer.
It doesn’t make much sense for someone to provide a service (that they’re being paid for), accomplish the service, and for the customer to pay extra for said person to provide it.
Now, if someone goes above and beyond, I’ll definitely leave a gratuity, but that’s the definition of gratuity:
noun gra·tu·i·ty:
something givenvoluntarily or beyond obligationusually for someservice