Minimum Wage: Not Just for Teens

[symian]

People forget that back up until probably 1970 or so, service jobs (waiter, waitress, counter help), was not a low income job for teens, it was a CAREER that paid a relatively decent wage (in the economy of those times). It, of course, would never make you rich, but you had potential to move up in that company if you were good enough: They promoted

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[lautenist]

When I was in school we already learned waiters in the US would rely on tipping as their salary would be very low and we should calculate 10% for average service, if the service was exceptional we should give 15% and if we would be not satisfied we should give 5%.
That was, what american tourits used to give in restaurants here, often evenmore. While common practice has been at that time just to round a bit up. Give 5 instead of 4.99
And yes - this has been the 70s and eventhe 80s. I think this changed in the 90s. New laws *sigh*