siebzy t1_iu31avs wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:30 AM

How often do you go into a business and ask the employees what their hourly wage is? Me? Never. But I tip my bartenders anyway.

kubabooba OP t1_iu32imj wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:43 AM

Why would anybody ask employees about their wage, not sure how you got that from the post but maybe you have tipped your bartender this evening one too many times.

siebzy t1_iu334tt wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:50 AM

If you are basing your tip on how much the bartenders make hourly, wouldn't you need to know the actual figure?

kubabooba OP t1_iu33nn1 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:55 AM

No, I don’t tip grocery clerk or my post man Because I know they are not a tip credit workers and they make at least states minimum wage. It is commonly known that service industry is paid with tips and tip credit. So if the question passed it would be commonly know that they make at least the minimum wage, and a lot of other minimum wages don’t get tipped. That’s the reason for the poll question.

siebzy t1_iu35t31 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 5:19 AM

If you go to South Portland or Westbrook or Falmouth for dinner do you plan to ask what the hourly wage is at the restaurant before you write the tip on the slip?

siebzy t1_iu33fcq wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:53 AM

There are a decent number of restaurants and bars in town that already pay minimum or more hourly plus tips. Do you know which those are? Do you tip less in those places?

The point is to illustrate the absurdity of your question.

kubabooba OP t1_iu3801l wrote on October 28, 2022 at 5:46 AM

No, can you please tell which restaurants and bars pay minimum wage and observe the tip credit law?

Walter_J_Bro t1_iu4h5af wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:13 PM

How is this going to show up though? Will a burger that costs $17.00 now cost $25.00, or will there be a 10% service charge "to pay our workers a liveable wage" on the bill? I think if it's the 2nd scenario that will most likely impact the amount people tip.

Otherwise if you're a tourist on vacation or going out to a special occasion dinner I'm not sure that people will tip less. I know I've had to cut back going out just because of how much it costs. I won't stop going out altogether and I will tip when I go out, but I will probably have to cut back even more if the prices were higher.

Dirty_Lew t1_iu52gxp wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:37 PM

Most people assume servers make a sub minimum wage, many people will correctly stop presuming that when eating in Portland. No awkward conversation needed.