Re: Last night was "surf and coop."

On 3/11/2025 8:17 PM, Carol wrote:

Ed P wrote:
 

On 3/8/2025 5:33 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-03-08, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

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Make it something close to what they would be expected to make
with tips. They are the restaurant's employees so they should be
responsible for paying their employees, not the customers.

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The customers pay the employees either way.
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Yes, but they don't want to pay them.  Customers want to make a good
wage but want to buy stuff cheap.
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I see no one yet tried putting a $$ figure on what a server should
make.   I will say, the right person in the right place can do far
better than minimum.

 Sure we did Ed.  They should make state minimum wage or federal,
whichever is the lower.  The reason for 'lower' is California is crazy.
They can still get tips, but folks won't be guilted into it under the
premise they make only 2.13 an hour when that is actually *very rare*.

No, I'm talking about the wage if tipping is eliminated.  Straight hourly rate, no tip. State minimum?  $20/hr?   $30/hr?
It will be added to the food price, of course, on the menu.