You know how restaurant patrons are shamed into tipping by being told that the waiters do not receive even minimum wage? That they depend on tips for their income?
Well, that's only partly true. As Paul Harvey used to say, here's the rest of the story. Restaurants are allowed to pay less than minimum wage. HOWEVER, if the employee's tips do not come up to the minimum wage, the employer must boost the employee's pay to the minimum wage level. In fact, according to Mark Glasper, the Ohio Restaurant Association's communications director, most servers are paid more than minimum wage to begin with.
So go ahead and tip -- Mr. Essie and I always do. But don't think that poor server is being overworked and underpaid. It ain't necessarily so!
"Where does your gratuity go?" The Dallas Morning News; April 11, 2009; p. 15A.
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