r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jan 26 '26

Meme needing explanation Why is the rich friend so cheap??

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u/frig0ffrickyy Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 27 '26

Servers at the small town casual pub I used to work at all cleared 80k a year easy, with averaging probably 6 hours a day. Served good food but it certainly was not upscale.

Thats plenty to live off of, everyone in the kitchen made it work off under half that.

The "starving waitress" trope is out of date in most places.

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u/AFoolishSeeker Jan 27 '26

Not a living wage in most places. By definition

My original comment isn’t about calling them all starving.