Study: Blacks tip less than Whites at restaurants and everywhere else. (fast food, wage)

[mary54mi]

In Michigan where my girls worked as wait staff, their hr rate was less than minimum wage bc of tips. Think $2.30/h during early 2000.

[Heavenese]

Originally Posted by mary54mi

In Michigan where my girls worked as wait staff, their hr rate was less than minimum wage bc of tips. Think $2.30/h during early 2000.

In that case, tips should be mandatory for that restaurant, and that be understood by all who go there.

[NJBest]

Originally Posted by mary54mi

In Michigan where my girls worked as wait staff, their hr rate was less than minimum wage bc of tips. Think $2.30/h during early 2000.

But they still went home with the minimum wage no matter what their tips were. In Michigan, it's currently $7.40/hr.

[NJBest]

Originally Posted by Heavenese

In that case, tips should be mandatory for that restaurant, and that be understood by all who go there.

That makes no sense. Mandatory tip? Then just call it a service charge and add it to the menu. Some restaurants do this.

[Heavenese]

Originally Posted by NJBest

That makes no sense. Mandatory tip? Then just call it a service charge and add it to the menu. Some restaurants do this.

Yeah. Though if it was me, I would much rather the mandatory tip hehe!

[LoveToRow]

Originally Posted by Ace_TX

i hope this irrelevant research wasnt done with any tax payers money

non-elite blacks and mixed race couples always get the worst service...thats a scientific fact

Oh yeah? Where is your study?

[urbanlife78]

Europeans are the worst tippers I have experienced.

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by NJBest

But they still went home with the minimum wage no matter what their tips were. In Michigan, it's currently $7.40/hr.

A number of states are allowed to pay servers less than minimum wage and count their expected tips as part of their income.

[NJBest]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

A number of states are allowed to pay servers less than minimum wage and count their expected tips as part of their income.

No state allows servers to earn less than minimum wage.

[EdwardA]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

Blacks earn less on average. I think this has more to do with the income of attendees than it has to do with race. It's not hard to believe that a waitress would earn more in tips in lower Manhattan than a waitress would at diner in Chattanooga Tennessee despite both regions are inhabited predominately by whites.

Study controlled for income, disparities still found.