Tipping

[fantASTic]

Hostesses and bartenders do NOT make minimum wage at many places [I can't say all, but I don't know of any that they do]. Same for busboys. The problem is that the owners prefer to have the servers pay the hostesses, etc than the company pay them. It's stupid.

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

Hostesses and bartenders do NOT make minimum wage at many places [I can't say all, but I don't know of any that they do]. Same for busboys. The problem is that the owners prefer to have the servers pay the hostesses, etc than the company pay them. It's stupid.

At the place I work, we used to tip out 2.75% of our sales to the hostess and busser (who make $7.50, respectively). A couple of years ago, corporate upped the figure to 3.25%, so they wouldn't have to give the hostesses and bussers raises.

I worked at Cheesecake Factory for 1 summer. At Cheesecake Factory, the servers tip out on their tips, not their sales. I had to tip the busser 15% of my tips, the bartender 7.5% (whether I had any bar drinks or not), and the food runner 5%. So, if I made $100 in tips, I walked would walk out with only $72. I prefer tipping out on sales.