On 12/8/2018 5:34 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-12-08 5:06 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> Fruitiest of Fruitcakes wrote:
>
>>> I do realise that many restaurant customers can be nothing but a pain
>>> and make unreasonable demands on the staff. Some appear to be
>>> complaining on a regular basis merely in order to try and get free
>>> meals; but we are not all like that.
>>
>> You should be more annoyed that most do NOT pay the waitress minimum
>> wage.
>>
>
> They have to pay them minimum wage here, and the minimum for people
> serving alcohol is $12.20 per hour.

In the US it varies by State. In South Carolina an employer with
employees who earn tips only needs to pay them $2.13/hour. However, if
you don't earn at least $5.12 an hour in tips, your employer must pay
you the difference (up to the Federal minimum wage of $7.25/hour).

Tips are considered taxable income. Even if you happen to excel as a
server and make great tips, given a base pay of $2.13 it still likely
doesn't amount to much.

Jill