Money Saving Tips / Ideas

[Steve300xcw]

I agree too, but I don't make the high school kid getting paid $2.13/hr suffer for it.

I see signs hung up at fast food joints offering $17+/hr to start.

 

[GSPHUNTER]

I agree too, but I don't make the high school kid getting paid $2.13/hr suffer for it.

This ain't the 60's. kids are making $20 per for standing at the counter handing you your burger.

 

[maxx075]

I see signs hung up at fast food joints offering $17+/hr to start.

He's talking about tipped employees, who do make $2.13/hour, but tip share.

 

[CorbLand]

This ain't the 60's. kids are making $20 per for standing at the counter handing you your burger.

I see signs hung up at fast food joints offering $17+/hr to start.

When was the last time you all tipped at a fast food restaurant?

I am 99% sure that fast food is not exempt from minimum wage laws but most "sit down" restaurants are.

It varies state by state but the I am pretty sure that the Federal minimum wage for tipped employees is 2.13. Some states may force you to pay more than that.


There is a brief overview from Google

 

[Steve300xcw]

He's talking about tipped employees, who do make $2.13/hour, but tip share.

I'm aware. Just saying those jobs are out there and not that hard to find...

 

[intunegp]

This ain't the 60's. kids are making $20 per for standing at the counter handing you your burger.

They sure do, and your waiter or bartender at establishments that don't have a drive through are still making $2.13/hour + tips.

One of the last times I flew out of ATL, I checked my bag at the outdoor Delta kiosk just because I was walking past it anyway. I started to walk away when the sassy black woman told me her hourly wage and that people usually tip...for someone to put my bag on a conveyor outside instead of inside?

Common sense has to be applied at some point. I wasn't suggesting you should tip anybody who holds their hand out or puts a jar next to the cash register, but when you take the family out for dinner, what's the difference between tipping 15-20% or paying 15-20% more because they jacked up the prices when the employees demanded more money? A burger doesn't cost 50 cents anymore either.

 

[GSPHUNTER]

They sure do, and your waiter or bartender at establishments that don't have a drive through are still making $2.13/hour + tips.

One of the last times I flew out of ATL, I checked my bag at the outdoor Delta kiosk just because I was walking past it anyway. I started to walk away when the sassy black woman told me her hourly wage and that people usually tip...for someone to put my bag on a conveyor outside instead of inside?

Common sense has to be applied at some point. I wasn't suggesting you should tip anybody who holds their hand out or puts a jar next to the cash register, but when you take the family out for dinner, what's the difference between tipping 15-20% or paying 15-20% more because they jacked up the prices when the employees demanded more money? A burger doesn't cost 50 cents anymore either.

The current federal minimum wage in the USA is $7.75. Where do you get $2.13/hour.

 

[CorbLand]

The current federal minimum wage in the USA is $7.75. Where do you get $2.13/hour.

See post 84.

Also, probably a typo but the Federal minimum wage its 7.25 not 7.75.

 

[Steve300xcw]

They sure do, and your waiter or bartender at establishments that don't have a drive through are still making $2.13/hour + tips.

Nobody is making them work that job.

, what's the difference between tipping 15-20% or paying 15-20% more because they jacked up the prices when the employees demanded more money?

I'd prefer a fixed price vs some poor me guilt trip thats laid on every customer that walks in the door.

 

[maxx075]

If you want a raise all you have to do is hire a mob member and threaten to upend the country's economy.

Wallah, 62% raise.

 

[intunegp]

The current federal minimum wage in the USA is $7.75. Where do you get $2.13/hour.

This was already covered

Nobody is making them work that job.



I'd prefer a fixed price vs some poor me guilt trip thats laid on every customer that walks in the door.

Nobody is making you go out to eat.