Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bruce Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Last night was "surf and coop." Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:59:24 +1100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 02:59:36 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="03afaa51e784e8962a83a2156c4f7f36"; logging-data="2406308"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/vSRZ2eCqitCQ3FIaVdQ9k" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:fIQvDeH6TZ9yy2DMbx7MA6UEgUk= Bytes: 2737 On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:34:50 -0400, Ed P wrote: >On 3/11/2025 8:17 PM, Carol wrote: >> Ed P wrote: >> >>> Yes, but they don't want to pay them. Customers want to make a good >>> wage but want to buy stuff cheap. >>> >>> I see no one yet tried putting a $$ figure on what a server should >>> make. I will say, the right person in the right place can do far >>> better than minimum. >> >> Sure we did Ed. They should make state minimum wage or federal, >> whichever is the lower. The reason for 'lower' is California is crazy. >> They can still get tips, but folks won't be guilted into it under the >> premise they make only 2.13 an hour when that is actually *very rare*. > >No, I'm talking about the wage if tipping is eliminated. Straight >hourly rate, no tip. State minimum? $20/hr? $30/hr? >It will be added to the food price, of course, on the menu. I'd be for it. I hate more or less compulsory tipping. Just tell me what it costs so I can decide if I want it. If I have to tip to make it a fair payment, I'm more likely not to get it. I wouldn't want to do math, know about state and federal wages, account for how cute the waitress is and ask myself what Trump has recently done to inflation levels. -- Bruce