I'm sorry , but this is not slavery or anything close to it. You're told here that good servers make the overwhelming majority of their income from tips. And for a good server in a quality restaurant, it can be 6 figures a year. Those of us who enjoy and reward good service would have it no other way.

Every one of these servers has the ability change jobs or careers. No one keeps them chained in the kitchen.

And reporting taxable income works in the favor of most servers who declare no more than a percent of their cash tip income, thereby illegally avoiding income taxes.