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x6tance t1_j6or4fq wrote

This is good news and I hope it's passed into state law. Subminimim wage makes sense when the restaurant guarantees you minimum wage, which is the current law, but I always wondered how many restaurants follow up on this, especially with the increase in minimum wage. It's tough to enforce and crackdown on noncompliance.

Also, I hate tipping culture and wish it wasn't a thing in the US but that won't be changing any time soon.

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1984isnowpleb t1_j6p6zu7 wrote

When i bartended I was making upwards of $40hr most the time. My hourly pay just went to taxes and my check was void net zero. You’ll be paying $35 for a burger and $15 more to add fries to pay a living wage most servers and bartenders are used to. Not sure why people think the restaurant is just stuffing away money. Successful restaurants operate on razor thing margins of less than 5%. If they end up paying servers a flat min wage there will be no staff to work. If they up the pay to something they are more used to $25+ an hour. Prices to eat out will rival a whole grocery haul.

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x6tance t1_j6pgv67 wrote

Interesting...when I travel to developed countries outside of the US and Canada, I never paid $35 for burgers and $15 for fries. The US must be real shit if customers have to subsidize the wages of workers.

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