Tips

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I have been a waitress a lot during my years and the tips were a lot of my pay as well for my coworkers. However the rules for tips in some restaurants have gotten very crazy! Waitresses/Waiter hourly pay is a lot less then the other employees (cooks, dishwashers/bus staff)` At first it was just that we kept our tips, then we had to share out tips by half with the dishwasher/ bus staff on Saturdays and Sundays. Now some restaurants have a tip jar where the customers put their tips in or if a waitrees/waiter get's a tip they are required to put it in there. At te end of each shift management empties the jar and divides the money up so each person get's the same amount in tips! I don't think that's fair because if a person from the wait staff does not earn a good tip from customers they still get paid a good amount of tip money! Then there are people like my son that won't give tips. He told me that they get a paycheck so it doesn't matter! I tried to explain to him that their paychecks are less because they get tips. He wouldn't listen so I gave the tip each time we went out! I have also seen where the bus staff, other wait staff and customers steal tips off tables! That's why I wait and give the tip to the waitress/waiter myself even if I have to wait to find them.