They Get You Coming and Going

United States
February 24, 2025 8:30am CST
Is this fair, what do you think? I don't think it's right. But tipped employees get less of a wage then regular employees. You don't always get tipped. In fact, I feel guilty tipping my grocery delivery driver one single dollar but that is all I can afford right now and probably forever in my lifetime. Tipped employees getting less wages is not right. It says the employer has to add a few bucks, yeah right, as if they are going to do that.
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• United States
24 Feb
I always try to tip a decent amount especially if I know the person is relying on tips to offset their wage.
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• United States
24 Feb
Well you are nice Marilyn of course you do. I do if I can afford it so that's never and my delivery people hate me I am sure. Oh well.
@Kandae11 (56018)
24 Feb
I heard that there is a no tipping rule in some hotels. And it makes me wonder if those hotel workers are paid enough.
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• United States
24 Feb
Really? I had not heard that one Kandase but I believe it.
@allknowing (143070)
• India
24 Feb
Does the employee have to show what tips they get to the employer?
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• United States
24 Feb
Not sure about that..I never did
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@DaddyEvil (144571)
• United States
24 Feb
Actually, the employer has to do a sheet every three months showing the wages of an employee who could make tips along with their base pay and if the base pay and the tips don't add up to enough, the employer must make up the difference. I worked as a manager for a Ken's Pizza and always helped the employees figure out if they were making enough in tips or if the store had to give them a "helping-hand" every three months. There were always some employees who made well over the amount and always a couple of employees who didn't. (The employees who had trouble reaching the specified amount in tips usually got moved to a non-tipping job if they were good employees and might be showed out the door if their work was below what was expected.) You realize that the drivers are paid a base wage for the distance they drive to deliver something, right? They may not expect a tip if you aren't very far from the store. Do I think that's right? Of course not. Every employee should make the same amount from the employer and tips are a bonus from customers thanking the employee for great service.
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• United States
24 Feb
Yes the thing about how these 'laws' work is that no one has to follow them. That's the catch. Yeah it's not right for sure DE.
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• United States
24 Feb
@DaddyEvil Yes many don't here for sure.
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@DaddyEvil (144571)
• United States
24 Feb
@RebeccasFarm If employers didn't HAVE to follow the law, then none of them would follow it.
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@JudyEv (349442)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Feb
I'm glad we don't have tipping here. It sounds a nightmare.
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• United States
24 Feb
Oh you don't?
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• United States
25 Feb
@JudyEv Oh I see Judy
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@JudyEv (349442)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Feb
@RebeccasFarm No. There is a basic wage but rarely any tipping. Some cafes/restaurants have tip cars at the reception desk.
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@aninditasen (16893)
• Raurkela, India
25 Feb
Employers in India too are always searching for pleas to cheat their employees.
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• United States
25 Feb
Yes instead of being humanitarian..abusing others.
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• United States
28 Feb
@aninditasen Oh yes and landlords..the same blood suckers.
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@aninditasen (16893)
• Raurkela, India
27 Feb
@RebeccasFarm The quality of being humanitarian is vanishing from the society. Most employers are now blood suckers.
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@much2say (57381)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Feb
That doesn't sound right nor make sense . . . you'd think the tip is supposed to be "extra" from the customers - not part of the wage.
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• United States
24 Feb
Yeah again greedy sods.
@sjvg1976 (42012)
• Delhi, India
24 Feb
That means we are paying to the employer by giving a tip.
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• United States
24 Feb
Yeah
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@Ronrybs (20220)
• London, England
24 Feb
Should be paid a living wage and tips are an extra if the customer is happy
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• United States
24 Feb
Yes that's the idea me thinks.
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@somewitch (2326)
24 Feb
If employers can’t be trusted, it’s fair on paper only. It would be easier if “tipped” employees just didn’t exist.
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• United States
24 Feb
True enough.
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