Originally Posted by JS
Is this true? In California waiters make $6.75 an hour?
In that case I see no reason to tip at a restaurant at all. Non-tip dependent wage and no smoking section (part of the restaurant service IMHO) ==> no tip.
In research for the other tipping thread, I came across this BBS entry:
"California does not permit tip credit, so your compensation must equal at least your local minimum wage. In San Francisco Minimum wage just went up to about $9 with c.o.l.a."
If accurate, this means that in San Francisco, the base pay for waiters and bartenders is not a sub-minimum-wage, but is nearly 10 dollars/ hour. Can any current SF resident confirm this?
If true, this would remove the normal and customary reason to tip waiters and bartenders in San Francisco. It would be interesting to know how many people have adjusted their behavior accordingly.