No, they’re not. But a lot of them make pretty good money and they’re not paying taxes on a good chunk of it. I know when I was serving we never claimed more than 30%ish of our cash tips.
I don’t disagree that tipping is awful, exploitative, racist, sexist, and generally shitty. But sometimes the call is coming from inside the house, as it were.
The vast majority of servers are not making 6 figures
No, they’re not. But a lot of them make pretty good money and they’re not paying taxes on a good chunk of it. I know when I was serving we never claimed more than 30%ish of our cash tips.
I don’t disagree that tipping is awful, exploitative, racist, sexist, and generally shitty. But sometimes the call is coming from inside the house, as it were.