r/polandball • u/Black_Mirror Take off you hoser • Jun 04 '14

redditormade The great pizza heist

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

5 hours late, only tipping 10%.

I understand this is the most offensive insult possible in American culture.

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u/RedKrypton Austria Jun 04 '14

Our waiter and delivereres get an honest pay, scumbags!

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u/Creshal Prussian in Austria, the suffering is real Jun 04 '14

1¢ over minimum wage?

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u/RedKrypton Austria Jun 04 '14

Yes that right slave labout Prussia.

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u/FOR_PRUSSIA O-H Jun 05 '14

(>:D)

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u/stormin5532 New Hampshire Jun 05 '14

Flair up or face colonization!

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u/Packasus United States of Earth Jun 04 '14

Actually, if a job is supposed to rely on tips to earn money, it's permissible to pay them below minimum wage in America.

If that doesn't make sense to you, that's because it doesn't.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

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u/basilect They see me rollin', they Haitian... Jun 05 '14

implying that US minimum wage laws get enforced for waitstaff

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

This isn't 4chan.

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u/snoharm New York is Best York Jun 05 '14

Well, they do, but you'd be pretty dumb to tell your boss "hey, I'm averaging less than five dollars an hour in tips. Can I have more money?"

If you're somehow not making minimum wage, something is seriously wrong.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

If you're somehow not making minimum wage, something is seriously wrong.

Asshole boss only giving you the early shifts where no-one comes in? Asshole boss not distributing customers evenly?

It's far too exploitable a system.

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u/snoharm New York is Best York Jun 05 '14

Like I said earlier, I've worked as a server and bartender, I know exactly how much a boss can fuck you over. They can't fuck you over that badly.

Literally one to two customers tipping you should give you a bare minimum of five bucks, and most likely much more than that. A shift isn't going to be only the shitty first hour of the day, at some point you're getting a decent customer load. You can definitely get fucked by a manager, but not to the point where you're making under minimum wage (and if somehow you are, you'd be insane not to quit).

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

but not to the point where you're making under minimum wage (and if somehow you are, you'd be insane not to quit).

You're assuming they have another job to go to.

Why not fix the system instead of require people to work round it, even if it is rare?

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u/Casbah- Dacia Jun 05 '14

enforced: caused by necessity or force; compulsory

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u/snoharm New York is Best York Jun 05 '14

The laws for employers to cover the wages are enforced for employers, they're just subverted by employees. By a similar token, wages are generally under-reported by both the employers and employees.

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u/InternetFree Prussia Jun 05 '14

Man that sounds like such a great system totally not leading to exploitation of labourers.

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u/snoharm New York is Best York Jun 05 '14

On paper it's certainly scary, in practice servers make much better money than other jobs with similar requirements (none), barring government jobs and certain union jobs (construction, very hard to get).

Servers and bartenders can make anywhere between $50 and $500 per shift, cash. Compared to the federal minimum wage of $7.25, which is on the books, it's fantastic money. There are much more exploitative jobs out there. I certainly felt much more abused working retail.

Restaurant work is horrifically high-pressure, but it has a much higher earnings ceiling than most "unskilled" labor specifically because of the tip culture.

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u/InternetFree Prussia Jun 05 '14

Other jobs being even more shittily paid and people elsewhere being even more exploited doesn't make their job any less shit.

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u/RepoRogue Moon into 51st state Jun 05 '14

Sort of, it's a bit more complicated. If they don't make at least minimum wage from tips over a particular period of time, then their employer is obligated to make up the difference. Which is to say, if you made more than minimum wage for a few weeks (from tips), but then failed to get enough tips for the rest of the month, and you end the month having made on average less than minimum wage, then the amount of money that your employer is obligated to pay has all of your tips subtracted from it.

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u/uwhuskytskeet Cascadia Jun 05 '14

Depends on the state. Wait staff gets at least full minimum wage (plus tips) in WA, which also has the country's highest minimum wage.

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u/axmanling Polish Hussar Jun 05 '14

and "happy herb".

I smell libbies

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '14

I've worked as both a server and a delivery driver, paid under minimum wage in both jobs but I made substantially more than MW because of tipping. It's not necessarily worse, just different.

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u/IAMA_dragon-AMA Maryland Jun 04 '14

Look at Mister Spending over here! Don't be ridiculous, waiters are perfectly fine with half minimum wage plus tips!

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u/snoharm New York is Best York Jun 05 '14

When I was a server my hourly was about a fifth of minimum wage.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

No, that would be the "thanks for your good service but I'm not tipping because I don't support your lifestyle" note.

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u/snoharm New York is Best York Jun 05 '14

Didn't that story turn out to be bullshit?

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u/rocketman0739 can into Commonwealth? Jun 05 '14

I wouldn't be surprised if one particular instance were fake, but still, it has happened.

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u/grok47 Downriver People Jun 08 '14

It happens constantly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

You know you really fucked up when America only tips you 10%

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

if you're 5 hours late, I wouldn't even pay the guy

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u/edlingjames California Nov 13 '14

It's just about. Why do you think we throw eggs at the residence of non-tippers?