[caseinpoint]

So if restaurant prices go up because the employees get minimum wage, I guess I can skip tipping at those establishments. Win for me.

[Olog-hai]

At Granny Shafffer’s in Joplin, waitress Shawna Green will see her base pay go up. But she has mixed emotions about it.

“We’ll have regulars, and they will notice, and they will bring it to our attention, like it’s our fault and our doings” that menu prices are increasing, she said. “They’ll back off on something, and it’s usually their tips, or they don’t come as often.” …

Already happening. Surprised AP included that in their article, but there it is, way down in the tenth and eleventh paragraphs.