It’s not a mystery that servers value their tips. In most states, tipped employees make a base wage lower than the minimum. So, getting enough tips is crucial for them to make enough money to pay their bills.
Given how sacred tips are, nothing divides restaurant staff more than splitting tips between different staff members.
Each business has its rules, some servers keep the whole pot, others give some to their bartenders and bussboys and some, like one TikToker's workplace, insist on giving tips to kitchen staff.
A woman posted on the video-sharing app TikTok detailing her experience working at a restaurant where management has a strict rule when it comes to tips.
“I work as a waitress,” she said. “When I first started there, we tipped out the cooks 10% of whatever we made.”
The server said that this rule has since changed.
“Lately, they haven’t been really happy with the amount that I’ve been tipping out,” she said. “It’s been a small amount.”
However, she said that the small amount is due to her not working full-time.
“I only work like 2 or 3 hours a day, and I don’t make that much money,” she said.
She explains that her boss has made it mandatory that she tips the cooks $25 on weekdays and $40 on the weekends.
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