Kempczinski also noted that in many states, sit-down restaurants are allowed to pay servers as little as $2.13 per hour, a federal minimum set in 1991, with tips making up the rest of their pay.
“So right now, there’s an uneven playing field. If you are a restaurant that allows tips or has tips as part of your equation, you’re essentially getting the customer to pay for your labor and you’re getting an extra benefit from no taxes on tips,” Kempczinski said.
Honestly Im for it.
I worked as a bus boy, trying to become a server in college. Much of my job was cleaning up and bringing out food, doing whatever the server was doing except taking orders. Never did get to work as a server.
And I got paid min wage with the expectations that I get tipped out by servers. And often, they’d get $500 a night and hand me a $5.