Originally Posted by
HKG_Flyer1
Exactly!!!
I mean, for gosh sakes, these folks in the U.S. are already making a whopping $2.13 per hour!!!
Now, while that might not seem like a lot, it works out to over $4,400 per year!!!
Why should they be so concerned about tips, anyway? (other than, perhaps, to pay for health insurance, retirement scheme contributions, etc. or other benefits).
In contrast, the minimum wage for a server in the U.K. is £4.20 ($8.08) per hour (nearly 4 times the U.S. wage rate) and includes access to the National Health System, which, while far from perfect, is certainly better than no health care.
Do you own a restaurant in the US?
Because your comments seem to suggest that customers in the US should EXPECT to tip every server just because the restaurant owner is too CHEAP to pay the servers the minimum wage, and expect customers to subsidize their employees' meager salaries.
Hence, the difference in the minimum wage between the UK and the US.
