I would never have worked for tip pooling. Not at the wage they paid us. Bartenders, busboys, hostesses, etc earned more than wait staff.
There were a lot of people who stiffed. I caught one guy taking my tip off the table and putting it in his pocket. I called him out on it. Of course they stiffed me.
Then, there was welfare weekend. Those people came in, rang up a bill of a hundred dollars (a lot back then) and always stiffed. No one wanted to work that weekend.
It’s really important that when you leave a tip, leave cash, there’s no record.
I was the bartender/bar manager. We didn’t pool our tips when we had parties. We kept our individual tips. Only thing that made the job worthwhile. The waiters/waitresses pooled theirs.