Hollywood celebrities champion higher wages for waitresses who say 'no thanks'

American Thinker ^ | 03/23/2019 | Rick Moran

[SeekAndFind]

Several Hollywood celebrities are pushing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to eliminate the wage difference between hourly employees and tipped workers like waitresses and bartenders.

Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Williams, Amy Poehler and Amy Schumer are among the more prominent actresses pushing the proposal.

But, not suprisingly the waitresses have written a letter to the celebrities, telling them "no thanks."

New York Times:

Waitresses and other servers are resisting the proposal, saying they can make more money from tips and do not need celebrities to help protect them from harassment.

Harassment is a real concern, they say, but so is the need to earn a living.

“The resounding message from servers in New York to these actresses in Hollywood is to just leave us alone,” said Maggie Raczynski, a bartender at an Outback Steakhouse in upstate New York. “These celebrities have literally no idea. I feel like they need to butt out.”

The state Department of Labor has held hearings around the state for the last year, but Cuomo is reluctant to pull the trigger and support the legislation that would eliminate the different minimum wage for tipped employees.

There's a very good reason why waitresses and others want Hollywood and the state government to butt out:

In New York City, many servers at busy restaurants and bars earn more than enough in tips to push their hourly wage well above the $15 minimum. “The best-paid people in the restaurant are the servers and the bartenders,” said Jeremy Merrin, the owner of four Havana Central restaurants, including one in Times Square. “My servers make well in excess of $20 an hour.”

[SeekAndFind]

Tending tables or mixing drinks has traditionally been a reliable means of survival for aspiring actors and actresses or a steady way to pay the bills between gigs. Raising wages for tipped workers, many waitresses say, could threaten an economic lifesaver if it forces restaurants to change tipping policies or, worse, puts them out of business.

[Celerity]

The best paid people at that nyc restaurant make $20 an hour? In nyc?

How do they survive?!

[billorites]

Do I have to tip the robot?

[Covenantor]

In days long past would be waiters PAID the mgmt. for lucrative waiters jobs at the Hotel Astoria, Delmonicos and others...in the days before income taxes when patrons such Diamond Jim Brady and others held extravagant dinner parties topped with equally extravagant tips.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I find this amusing.

Self righteous Hollywood idiots want to join a cause which supposedly wants to help people, and the people who the Hollywood idiots want to help, tell them to go away.

[MV=PY]

"Do I have to tip the robot?"

No, but they appreciate it.

;)

[butlerweave]

Do I have to tip the robot?

Never go out in the Rain ,LOL

[Hojczyk]

The celebs will not have to spend there money if it is a no tip policy....

[John123]

As the Tom Hanks character in Punchline said, “Who cares what they think? They’re debutantes!

[Vaduz]

Question is what would you tip a robot with screws?.

[NormsRevenge]

Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Williams, Amy Poehler and Amy Schumer

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You have the collective IQ of about 70 with these 4 “stars”.. and that is pushing it.

[SunkenCiv]

Ya wanna see hypocrisy in action? Watch Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee S04 E01 Sarah Jessica Parker -- Jerry tells her "you go to Hell" when she wants to lowball the tip.

[GOPJ]

Waitresses and other servers are resisting the proposal, saying they can make more money from tips and do not need celebrities to help protect them from harassment. Harassment is a real concern, they say, but so is the need to earn a living. “The resounding message from servers in New York to these actresses in Hollywood is to just leave us alone,”

Actually, all of us - every employed person in the country wants the filth in Hollywood to leave us alone. It's not just waitresses and bar tenders. It's 'the world'...

[mumblypeg]

Here’s a “tip” for celebrities: hire American, pay your own employees better, and leave everybody else alone.
Celebs love illegals who clean their mansions & tend their lawns & pools for a fraction, without paperwork or workman’s comp.
Celebrity “personal assistants” and nannies are paid on average $30K per yr. Sounds generous, until you realize they’re on call 24/7.

[hattend]

The best paid people at that nyc restaurant make $20 an hour? In nyc?

How do they survive?!

Rent control, multiple roommates, multiple jobs, prostitution, etc...

[hattend]

Do I have to tip the robot?

Depends...can it get back up?

[fini]

I tip at 20%. From the 5-10 minutes it takes to serve me, a waitress makes a pretty penny. I recognize that there is down time and a lot of people do not tip at 20%, but you put a few people like me and the waitress makes well over $20 per hour. A hamburger, fries and a beer at a regular restaurant in DC is about $12-15. Put 4 people at a table and the waitress get about $12-$9.6. Not bad for about 10-15 minutes of time. Now of course it has to be balanced out for off hours.

In the 1980s, my downstairs neighbor was a waiter for a very nice restaurant. He made more than me, a 1stLt, and his hours were a lot shorter.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

The good waiters and waitresses are the ones that make out in tips. The slugs get a lot less. The slugs are far more likely to be rats. The rat politicians and entertainers only care for their own - they won’t mind sticking it to the good people to help the bad. And socialism will result - everyone will revert to slug level service because - why work hard when you get the same money being a slug?