Shoud waitresses share a % of tips with cooks,busboys etc?

[Swede]

I hadn't thought of it til a friends son became a cook.

[philosophie_en_rose]

1. It should be the restaurant's job to pay them, not the servers'.

:shrug:

[CBGLuthier]

2. not if they are paid the standard serviceperson sub minimum wage

If they are paid the pathetic 2 bucks an hour they should keep it all.

[reyd reid reed]

3. No.

Restaurants pay cooks. A server's hourly wage is only enough to cover taxes. Plus, they usually do have to tip out bus boys.

[dolo amber]

4. Had to tip out the bartenders, too

Which is crap, as 99% of the time in the places I've worked the bar is busier than the restaurant in the first damn place. :eyes:

[Divameow77]

5. Cooks no

but busboys, usually. The busboys really help the servers make more money, by clearing the tables the server has a higher turn-over which means more tips. They should always tip out bartenders too, if they don't the bartender will usually take their time making their drinks, which means people at tables have to wait which may mean that tips go down.

[Swede]

6. His son was being paid minimum wage.

The waitresses were pulling in $2000-2500 a month in tips.

[MissMillie]

7. Yep, I think I can buy into this

yep.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

8. As a former cook, I saw yes

When I worked in the food service industry, the wait staff always made a LOT more than any of the cooks. I remember one year when one of the other cooks and I were sharing an apartment with one of the waiters; he'd come home all fresh and clean with a roll of anywhere from $300-$500 in cash on him. We'd struggle through the door, beaten and sweaty, after having made $7.50/hour for the last 10 hours working in a 120 degree kitchen, fixing all the waiters' mistakes and busting our asses to make sure everything came out properly.

So, yeah, I kind of tend to think they should. Maybe not if it was a slow night or whatever but just a little something as a courtesy.

This was the informal policy at one restaurant I worked at. It wasn't much, but after a busy night, most of the wait staff would come by after and give each of the cooks $1-3. It wasn't much out of their pockets, but it made our night!

[astral]

9. I say yes, where applicable

I worked in restaurants a little bit. I was a busser / cashier / table setter / clearer / coffee / beverages / salads / soups bringer. I certainly worked just as hard as the waitresses (they were all women) and they would each tip me in varying degrees --- one would give me $4, while another would only give me $1, or maybe nothing at all saying she didn't make enough in tips that day to tip me anything. (Not that I was asking her for money, but she felt the need to explain I guess.)

But the waitresses did tip the cook(s), me, and the bussers if they were there.

And, when I was having a bad day messing up by not getting all the customers' beverages to them quick enough while there were people waiting for me to seat them but I had to clear tables to seat them at and people were also waiting to pay at the til, it was pointed out to me if I didn't deserve to get 'tipped out' much that day.

It was a very strange atmosphere to work in. But I can tell you this! I tip on the generous side if I eat out at all, even if I never see the waitress again after she drops off my food because I know it is very hard work.