Hypothetical Management Decision re: non-tipping patron of restaurant

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Why do people insist on trying to use $10 as a crap wage?

Even if it were the waiter/waitresses only table (which is certainly isn't), he/she would be getting paid $10/hr by a table of 6. At the same time managment is throwing them an astounding $2.13/hour.

Who's the cheapskate, again?

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Exactly.

What's fairly depressing is the sense of entitlement that a lot of the wait staff in this thread seem to have. Even if they're only clearing $10/hr after tipping everyone out that's still $10/hr that they're not likely to report so it's free and clear (to be fair I have no idea how much or often servers report taxes). So that's what, like $13/hr that the normal tax-paying sucker would have to make to be equivalent? That's a pretty good wage.

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I think a more important point is that the employer pays minimal contributions and taxes if the wait-staff have to mostly rely on tips.