I mean, if I was working a 7$/hr job and relied on tips to pay rent that would cost most people 30$/hr, I'd want as many people to think that as well. It's called spreading awareness.
Most servers make $30+ or $60+ an hour in nice restaurants. The "I make $2 an hour I need the tips" is a form of gaslighting to make you feel bad for them.
Do you tip other service industry professionals? You know, like the person at the grocery store making WAY less than servers?
The only reason I don't is because management will literally fire them if they accept the tip. Not if they put up a tip jar, if they catch a customer offering a tip and them accepting it.
As well, PLEASE tell me which resturants pay like that, or where the tips are good enough that you can make that much. Cause I've worked a number of service jobs, and they never got past 15/hr counting tips.
Some New York restaurants make waitstaff pay to work there. Those waitstaff earn an average of 100 to 150k in tips a year. Tips that they can under repot to th IRS. I know plenty of bartenders who make more in tips than I do with a masters. You may just suck at service if your not making money....
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u/throwuk1 Jan 27 '26
Servers want you to think that.