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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 6715025" data-attributes="member: 549629">Reading the whole thread would be a good idea guys. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gifNobody, not waiters and waitresses, not people who cut your hair, not doormen... nobody who works &#039;above board&#039; (legally, illegal immigrants and under the table jobs obviously dont count).... NOBODY in this country who works legally earns less than minimum wage at the end of the pay period. So please stop making excuses for tip expectant jobs by saying they work for less than minimum wage, they do NOT. That is a fallacy perpetuated by people in those jobs to make you think there is an obligation to tip them. If they dont earn minimum by the end of the pay period, the employer must, BY LAW, reimburse them the difference. Most decent people in these positions make considerably more than minimum after figuring in tips. And depending on how the tips are collected, many can pocket a good portion of their tips without their employer knowing, and STILL get a check for more $ at the end of the pay period because they supposedly didnt make as much in tips as they actually did. Ive known a few waiters and waitresses in the past, it can be a fairly lucrative position, depending on the actual location/job and setup of distribution/collection of tips.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 6715025, member: 549629"] Reading the whole thread would be a good idea guys. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] Nobody, not waiters and waitresses, not people who cut your hair, not doormen... nobody who works 'above board' (legally, illegal immigrants and under the table jobs obviously dont count).... NOBODY in this country who works legally earns less than minimum wage at the end of the pay period. So please stop making excuses for tip expectant jobs by saying they work for less than minimum wage, they do NOT. That is a fallacy perpetuated by people in those jobs to make you think there is an obligation to tip them. If they dont earn minimum by the end of the pay period, the employer must, BY LAW, reimburse them the difference. Most decent people in these positions make considerably more than minimum after figuring in tips. And depending on how the tips are collected, many can pocket a good portion of their tips without their employer knowing, and STILL get a check for more $ at the end of the pay period because they supposedly didnt make as much in tips as they actually did. Ive known a few waiters and waitresses in the past, it can be a fairly lucrative position, depending on the actual location/job and setup of distribution/collection of tips. [/QUOTE]

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