You really don't get it.
BY FEDERAL LAW, ANY person working a legit job MUST make minimum wage one way or another. If they don't, then that employer is breaking the law. PERIOD.
Waitresses will make a shitty hourly wage with the idea that they will make up to (and most likely over) the minimum wage when their tips are calculated in. If their tips and shitty wage don't add up to the minimum, the employer MUST pay them the difference.
There's no getting around that. It's law.
I thought audioholic made that abundantly clear, but apparently a couple of you guys can't comprehend english very well.