No Tax On Tips!
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Not to mention, the nicer your dining gets, the bigger the team is that shares the pie. That $600 tip? $60 to the busser. Another $60 to the food runner. 10% of whatever the wine tab was and another 15% of the liquor tab to the wine steward and bartender, respectively. Plus, you are probably way too important to notice, but you actually don't have one server, you have two servers. They just sort of maybe kind of look similar in that outfit.
They are waiting on you and one other table, and desperately hoping at least one of you get the f*ck out of there, so that table can get sat one more time before the kitchen starts cleaning up.
Long story short, even in a fancy place, it's a grind. If you're really good at what you do, you can make some pretty good money, but there is no one in this country in a white shirt and a black apron carrying a tray who is making $3K/night. Nowhere.
Back when I did it, $100 was the rule. If you left with more than $100 after tipping out, you had a good night. Less than that, you didn't.
I'm sure the line is closer to $200 now.
PS, I'm not trying to be argumentative, either. Just sharing wisdom, is all.
And all of those sharing items you listed out, can all be true at the same time and what I said. I don't know what they take home, I know what they said "they expected to get". What happens after that, I never cared.
There's a serious shortage of waiters right now. We know this because Trump is demanding H1Bs for waiters and "wine experts" along with the no taxes on tips. Not enough waiters for the $4k per night in tips.
Lol.... There are no longer 'regulations'... Trump is sending the entire IRS to the border, haven't you heard?
Some on tips, like a blackjack dealer in Vegas, may well be making more than many of the people tipping them. I am not sure why it is fair to make it tax free for the dealer.
Fair. I predict within 12 months, the White House will be rewriting regulation wholesale and arguing in briefs that the APA is unconstitutional.
Hell, I was thrilled with $50 working at Kilroy’s in the early 90’s. Nobody told me that drunk college kids don’t tip for shit
They are not running 20-30 tables a night, especially at $200-$400/table. A waiter at St Elmo's may have a couple of tables a night that have $200-$400 Tips
Having a friend who does this work, I think what you are missing is the fact the tip is shared with the bartender, the bussers, runners, back waiters, etc.
See above, this has been covered. This and what I said can be true at the same time.
