re: Is tipping mandatory now?

I'm not sure but I don't think that is exactly true.

What's min wage $7.25/hour ?

Let's say you are getting paid $2.25 per hour. Well the restaurant is supposed to guarantee you make the $5 per hour in tips to make up the minimum wage.

I would say majority of the time most will make up that gap but there will be some days you make below it and others above. Doesn't make it any less shitty when you have assholes that don't tip just because they hate the economy they restaurants and bars play in and it's their way to boycott it. And yes people are that stupid, just read this thread.


The issue with the "restaurant is federally mandated to make sure that you are paid at least minimum wage" is that say to make up the $5/hr gap, if your food sales are say $300, well the computer system may be set to automatically make you claim a certain percentage in tips (for IRS purposes, even if it doesn't show that much on your credit Card tips). So on that $300 in sales, the positouch or Micros or whatever point-of-sale, say you only made $20 and go to claim that as you are clocking out, but BAM it won't let you clock out. Reason why? The system is set up at a threshold at maybe 10% at the least. Saying that you need to claim more for the IRS and that on $300 in sales they KNOW you made at least $30. So then you can't clock out and go home after smelling like food and alcohol and dealing with cheap idiots all night, until you put in the a number that satisfies the system/rest/IRS...... I mean they have to save the server from not claiming enough money and have the IRS come after them for tax evasion right?!!!..... just so happens that the arbitrary number happens to push that server over th $7.25/hr mark