Joes Crab Shack Drops Tipping in America
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As an ex waitress. I worked at a small local, little fancier than a diner (very little). I could make a good $100 in tips in a 4 hour shift. Plus my $2/hour. I didn't have to split tips with anyone and it was good money. On a craft show weekend at the local park I could make $200 or more. Of course your tips are based on how friendly you are and how awesome you are at your job. Other people on the same shift that were not as friendly etc. would only make like $25-$50.
Of course in the same vein if you had a group of college guys come in they were a pain and you would be lucky to make a $1 on working your butt of for them.
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@Minion-Queen said:
As an ex waitress. I worked at a small local, little fancier than a diner (very little). I could make a good $100 in tips in a 4 hour shift. Plus my $2/hour. I didn't have to split tips with anyone and it was good money. On a craft show weekend at the local park I could make $200 or more. Of course your tips are based on how friendly you are and how awesome you are at your job. Other people on the same shift that were not as friendly etc. would only make like $25-$50.
Of course in the same vein if you had a group of college guys come in they were a pain and you would be lucky to make a $1 on working your butt of for them.
Right so the trick here is to average it out so the good shifts and bad shifts are balance.. what rate were you then making.
For a lot of wait staff I have known, the average comes down a few $ above minimum wage. High pull on the weekends. low on weekdays. Everyone loved a convention in town.
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On the week night I would make more like $50-$60 a night.
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@Minion-Queen said:
On the week night I would make more like $50-$60 a night.
at 8 hours that's $6.25 - 7.50 an hour. Right at or just below minimum wage.
I wonder what the new wage will be for wait staff?
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@Dashrender said:
@Minion-Queen said:
On the week night I would make more like $50-$60 a night.
at 8 hours that's $6.25 - 7.50 an hour. Right at or just below minimum wage.
I wonder what the new wage will be for wait staff?
$14 an hour according to one release I read.
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@coliver said:
$14 an hour according to one release I read.
huh.. now that's a real job. I wonder what bus boys, and dish washers make there?
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@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
$14 an hour according to one release I read.
huh.. now that's a real job. I wonder what bus boys, and dish washers make there?
Probably minimum wage or just above. I doubt it is as much as a server.
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@Dashrender said:
@Minion-Queen said:
On the week night I would make more like $50-$60 a night.
at 8 hours that's $6.25 - 7.50 an hour. Right at or just below minimum wage.
I wonder what the new wage will be for wait staff?
Technically you always get minimum wage by law, but lots of wait staff don't understand their rights and lots of restaurants prey on that.
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@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
$14 an hour according to one release I read.
huh.. now that's a real job. I wonder what bus boys, and dish washers make there?
Probably minimum wage or just above. I doubt it is as much as a server.
That's typical according to my limited exposure to the inner workings. Bus boys are normally $1 over minimum, dish washers are normally kids at minimum.
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And yes, I've been the dishwasher, the bus boy, the cook, the waiter and the manager.
