Originally Posted by
kipper
No. I was saying that, especially if a lot of their tips are on credit card transactions, and if their restaurant does not cash those out at the end of the night, but adds those to paychecks, then they walk out of there with very little cash.
Likewise, you seemed to imply that servers were gaming the system, reporting less in tips to management, so the restaurant would be required to pay minimum wage, while pocketing more in cash tips. I mentioned that in at least some restaurants, servers are required to review tips with management before leaving for the night, in part because they are required to tip out bartenders, bussers, and host staff.
I was mearly providing my experience working multiple server positions, and as a young 20 year old fresh from college I can attest that this has happened at many places I have worked at. In fact, I can think of none that this hasn't happened.
Yes there are places were you tip out based on total sales, but I still always walked away with a cash tip. Yes we counted our money at the end of the night, but we never had management looming over our shoulders, and we could claim how ever much we wanted minus the fee's calcutated from credit card's.
I have never met a waiter that made minimum wage, and I am merely putting it into perspective for those who think waiters walk away with hardly anything, which isn't true. Then again, this is based on personal experience and not what one of my friends told me.