New Jersey Diner Adds ‘Teen Tax’ Because Kids Are Bad Tippers

Eater.com ^ | 11/10/2017 | Greg Morabito

[PAR35]

I mean, these ladies aren’t starving to death. They make minimum wage.

I'd like to see how far from starving you were if your sorry ass was making $2.13 an hour. That's the minimum cash wage for employees that get tips.

[alexander_busek]

From what movie is that screenshot?

Regards,

[bramps]

Please see post #32 as I already answered your concern. (I was merely joining many other freepers on this thread by quoting from a popular movie by the name of ‘Reservoir Dogs’.)

I understand your frustration. Have a good day.

[PAR35]

Thanks for your response. I’ve heard of the movie but never watched it, so I missed the references. There are a lot of folks that really do believe that.

[Rastus]

The Petrified Forest.

[oldtech]

Tipping should never be mandatory. I won’t usually go in a place if I know they are doing this. I also don’t have a lot of sympathy for the higher priced restaurants who can’t do better than minimum nickel & dime wages for their employees either. I worked at a skilled job where some days you had no work,& this paid exactly nothing & we didn’t get tipped either. I could sort of understand it because the customer bill was usually plenty high for what they were getting.

[xone]

Ask any bartender or server what two groups are the worst tippers

Outside of the English?

[Svartalfiar]

I'd like to see how far from starving you were if your sorry ass was making $2.13 an hour. That's the minimum cash wage for employees that get tips.

Not quite. That's the minimum wage the restaurant can pay them, IF their tips make up the difference. If they work a shift and get 0 tips, the employer is still required to pay them $7.25/hr or whatever the full minimum wage is. The employer can just count tips against their pay until their hourly rate is $2.13.