Tipping in the service industry

[Joods]

What.... wait.... are you in the US. This sounds kind of crazy.   I think here, they are taxed on their earnings, the owner, is getting taxed off of what I spent (actually profit from it), but not the server.

I live in the US.

They are taxed on their earnings   . But how are their earnings calculated? In Maryland (when I was a server) the federal gov't taxed 7% of my sales each night. It might be higher now. IDK. You are SUPPOSED to report all your tips. But nobody does. If you enter in 7% of your sales each night as earnings, the gov't won't come asking questions.

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And no shit, RR! Listen to Jor. You need to tip more, man. The service industry sucks worse than you think.

You think being a waitress is just bringing food out to the table? Fuck no! There is a ton of prep work involved. And when shit hits the fan, you have to multitask: remind the cooks to have your order ready, maybe prepare salads, get drinks, all the while being bitched out by the owner (a bleach blond, half drunken 40 something with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth) every time you go back to the kitchen.

And don't forget about the side work. Rolling silverware, stacking clean dishes, refilling salad dressings, putting away cups and other tableware, vacuuming, wiping down tables, cleaning the front doors, refilling ketchup bottles and salt and pepper shakers, refilling the sugar packets. All that has to be done during down time - provided there is some.  And all for $2.13 an hour. Some restaurants don't even have busboys, so the wait staff has to clean off their own tables. People who think the host lifts a finger to do any grunge work are also in for a surprise. They don't do shit but stand there, wait for customers and walk them to a table. They might run a register, but that's about the extent of what they do.