Is $15 an hour good?

Nov 8, 2019
9:45:42am

Eddie All-American

That comes to just over $31K a year for a full-time employee.

If you're a kid in school, that might be good. But it's probably not good if you're a single mom trying to raise a family.

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If someone is making 15 dollars per hour as a waiter do you still feel the need

SouthernBlueBlood

11/8/19 9:41am

The only reason I tip is the social norm.

Baron

11/8/19 9:42am

It's stupid that it's a social norm. I wish we worked how the rest of the world

HONOMO

11/8/19 6:52pm

Yes. I usually don’t ask my waiters how much they make tho...

RalphWiggam

11/8/19 9:42am

So why do you tip then? Isn’t it because they don’t make as much?

SouthernBlueBlood

11/8/19 9:44am

I tip in part because it is a widely accepted custom in the US.

RalphWiggam

11/8/19 10:53am

Good response. Everything points to your belief they aren’t treated fairly.

SouthernBlueBlood

11/8/19 10:58am

I wouldnt.... unless

CougieMcCougFace

11/8/19 9:44am

Is $15 an hour good?

Eddie

11/8/19 9:45am

Fair enough- right now lots of places don’t pay close to that. At what point

SouthernBlueBlood

11/8/19 9:47am

No idea.

Eddie

11/8/19 9:53am

Paying people what their work is worth would mean the single mom makes the same

garyfan

11/8/19 9:54am

Yeah - I'm saying I don't know what the right answer is.

Eddie

11/8/19 9:56am

Ya, I never understood why the back story should matter if the work itself or quality of work is the same.

Soupie

11/8/19 10:02am

If you say what their worth you have to agree they are worth what they are being

SouthernBlueBlood

11/8/19 9:56am

Depends where this is. In Utah Waiters don't make $15 an hour.

Troy McClure

11/8/19 10:03am

I tip, don’t worry about what their hourly wage is. Maybe I should ask for a copy of their pay stub.

Texas Hammer

11/8/19 10:06am

I’m going to respond very transparently to this and it applies to others. You’re

SouthernBlueBlood

11/8/19 10:08am

Yes, but that is much closer to $50 per hour than $15 per hour

driver off the deck

11/8/19 11:07am

Just for clarity you feel a waiter, bus boy, etc needs to make 100,000 per year

SouthernBlueBlood

11/8/19 11:08am

Yes, it is about the service. I don't pay the salary, I just pay for the meal

driver off the deck

11/8/19 11:14am

Thank you. Understanding is better than agreeing sometimes

SouthernBlueBlood

11/8/19 11:16am

In that hypothetical situation I'd probably still tip but maybe less generously

JollyGreenGiant

11/8/19 10:09am

Increased pay of course

SouthernBlueBlood

11/8/19 10:14am

I find I'm a happier person when I look for reasons to be generous. Yes, I tip.

NewYorkCougar

11/8/19 10:28am

There would definitely be a point where tipping would have to stop.

rtNelson

11/8/19 10:32am

I think you’re being very practical

SouthernBlueBlood

11/8/19 10:32am

Totally depends on restaurant. I would probably still tip. If it's a nicer place than Chili's,

saltair

11/8/19 11:31am

Absolutely. It's $15 an hour and they are waiting on me like my mom. They deserve it

BlueFrog

11/8/19 11:53am

Do you tip other people who provide a service and are otherwise paid a reasonable amount to do so?

Soupie

11/8/19 3:44pm

yes. but none of the ones you listed. We tip the guy that brings our groceries out to the car from an

BlueFrog

11/8/19 4:01pm

Why not? Don't they serve you too?

Soupie

11/8/19 4:04pm

some of those do not serve me. But the reasons vary. Some are strictly social status tipping, some are a way to

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