It’s been a few years since I worked in the service industry (bar) in Canada. Tipping was never really controversial. Some didn’t like it, most tipped, even if it was the bare minimum of their change.
Whatever. You’d complain to your co workers occasionally, call someone a cheap bastard and that’d be the end of it.
I never saw much of this “$1 is not…” and so forth entitlement. Seeing this I’d just assume you were fuckong awful at your job. Canadians typically will tip just fine for good service and leave nickles for shit.
Enjoy the nickle.
But, all that aside, a livable wage and the eliminating of shit like living on your tips needs to end. It should have never been the case or wait staff would be working on full commission.
Were you paid $2/hr aside from your tips like is the minimum wage for tipped workers in the US? If not, you didn’t need to worry because you weren’t relying on them to pay your bills. American tipping culture sucks and ruins the experience for both customers and service staff, but it saves BUSINESSES money! So here we are.
It’s been a few years since I worked in the service industry (bar) in Canada. Tipping was never really controversial. Some didn’t like it, most tipped, even if it was the bare minimum of their change.
Whatever. You’d complain to your co workers occasionally, call someone a cheap bastard and that’d be the end of it.
I never saw much of this “$1 is not…” and so forth entitlement. Seeing this I’d just assume you were fuckong awful at your job. Canadians typically will tip just fine for good service and leave nickles for shit.
Enjoy the nickle.
But, all that aside, a livable wage and the eliminating of shit like living on your tips needs to end. It should have never been the case or wait staff would be working on full commission.
Were you paid $2/hr aside from your tips like is the minimum wage for tipped workers in the US? If not, you didn’t need to worry because you weren’t relying on them to pay your bills. American tipping culture sucks and ruins the experience for both customers and service staff, but it saves BUSINESSES money! So here we are.
Tipped salary still has minimum totals. Everybody is effectively making at least minimum wage.
12-15 hr is typically common in most areas before tips.
It’s not a lot but I’d be willing to bet that less than 1% of wait staff don’t clear at least $10/hr