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wolfy42 posted...

Too much.

I still tip around 20% but all positions in WA get paid min wage ($12 an hour) base.

So servers here make more then probably 80% of the people tipping them, and just as much without tips as about 40%.

That sounds true but it's not exactly like that. Most servers work split or half shifts, which still takes up a whole day in terms of availability, but now you're paid for only part of it.

Shifts get cut all the time, last minute. You could have been doing something else (or probably picked up a shift elsewhere)

You can't rely on any stable hourly so tips need to make up the difference. For some it works out well. For others it's really not much above minimum wage in the end.

And all those folks working places where tipped positions can be paid below normal minimum, yeah, they need it more
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