I thought that my 6DM/hour for my lowly Commis de Rang position was a huge salary, and although it wasn't a long term career goal, if it had been then the training and experience was at least worth that if not more.

Other than the occasional American bra-stuffer, we didn't get tipped, and this was even with a very high end clientele.

Tips didn't impact the service we provided. (If one didn't maintain a very high standard one wouldn't have survived in that environment, but one didn't work for tips)