As Fastflyer has said, while the US Federal minimum wage is $5.15 per hour, habitually tipped employees may be paid as little as $2.13 hourly if the tips are >= double the difference. However, in Canada min. wage is a Provincial matter C$5 to C$8(BC) per hour & ALL TIPPED EMPLOYEES GET >= FULL MIMIMUM WAGE.
What I hate is that esp. in bars, if you give 'only 15%' you can be called a cheapskate because many bartenders are spoiled by customers (esp. of the opposite sex ) who tip >=$1 a beer!

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Play the travel game 3 vacations into the future!