This little restaurant downtown that I worked at in 1990. I was a waitress and made $2.25/ hr. I was undertrained, the "wealthy/ affluent" (one of which I remember well - was a very public Charlotte political figure) rarely tipped, or if they did - it was very minimal. Also, our co-workers would steal our tips, AND, there were times when we (my friend and I) wouldn't get paid on time. I ended up walking out and basically not going back in. I think we went in for our last paycheck and was told by our grouchy manager that we'd get paid in 2 weeks - he was behind in payroll. We went back and it was CLOSED! He filed bankruptcy. Mind you - we were college students, so we were really looking for & really needed our $$.
