Originally Posted by
seanthepilot
Now, do you realize just how much money a server actually makes>?>?
Just for fun, I have started waiting tables again.
Yesterday I made over $100 on a lunch shift... and $40 bucks in wages.
Don't give me the sob story that these are poor 'starving students' . IT'S JUST NOT THE CASE. If I decided to wait full time, I'd be making as more than most professionals.
Well, that's really the crux of the matter, isn't it - management is happy with the tipping culture and so is the wait staff. Given that, there is no impetus to change anything. Customers aren't going to revolt en masse so we're stuck with it.