Originally Posted by
pooker
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.
When was this? Recently?
Perhaps it is where you are geographically, as compared to where I am geographically, but observations and experiences here are different.
I've sat in restaurants recently and watched servers who were cut review tips with management, and review tip outs to bar staff/bussers, etc. Mr. Kipper, when he served at Lonestar Steakhouse before college, often left with less cash than he started the day with, because of tipping the bar staff and such. He received tips on credit cards, but had to tip out staff in cash, leaving him with less cash.