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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bartenders will generally split off a certain percentage of their tips with bar backs and bouncers. Just as waiters will split off some of their take with the kitchen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As former kitchen staff allow me to laugh sarcasticly for an annoying amount of time at this comment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you aren't getting some of the wait staff's tips, you need to find a new kitchen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or you could find out that shoveling snow the next state over pays twice what any job you can get in your hometown does.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah I'm talking shovels and upper body strength. Some people learn to love it some don't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well, I'm glad you've increased your earnings at least.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Quit fucking up the mashed potatoes, and you just might get a part of the tips, KEVIN!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nah they were just bitching about me making the absolutely grand minimum wage of $8/hr when they had the technically legal waiter's wage of $2.something/hr even though their actual take home pay at the end of the night had extra zeros on what I was making. Motherfuckers.