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In The USA, Tipping Is Not Optional. You Read That Right.

Restaurants have made it so that we are paying most of the salaries of their servers … via tips.

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Brandon Weber

Fact: The $2.13/hour minimum wage for tipped workers hasn’t been raised in 24 years. That’s obscene.

Fact: 2 in 3 are women.

Fact: 1 in 3 are parents.

Fact: 1 in 7 rely on food stamps.

Now, about that tip …


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