[NefCanuck]

ZX5chica,Jul 10 2006, 10:22 AM Wrote:Another thing that most people don't understand is that most of the time, the server has to pay what is called "tip-out". For me, I have to pay 5% of whatever I sell to this tip-pool system which ensures that the cooks, bus boys, bartenders and hostesses get paid. When you leave a restaurant and you don't leave the server any tip, the server ends up having to pay the tip pool for your portion of their sales out of their own pocket!! When you're only making 6$ an hour, it hurts the bank account.
Not to mention the amount of people who run out without even paying their bill... who do you think has to pay for that?
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Wow, I knew that the server was on the hook for the cretins who ran out on their bill (Something that only the lowest of the low would attempt IMO <_< ) but I never knew about the "tip out"

I'd always assumed that whatever I paid the to server, stayed with the server because of the way the servers get borked on the minimum wage, which is lower that the "regular" minimum wage. AFAIK the other staff in a restaurant made at least the real minimum wage and not the servers version of it. :blink:

Learn something new every day I guess ;)

NefCanuck