Ox45tallboy: Here's the problem with tipping Sonic carhops. The carhops are happy, since they get the money in cash then and there (assuming you tip in cash) the corporation is ecstatic, and the rube (the customer) is none the wiser. But at Sonic, they start at minimum wage, and every dollar you give them means one less dollar the house has to pay them. It's so weird, most servers start at $2.13/hr, and the house has to make it up to them if they don't make minimum wage. Then again, as a former waiter, it is hard for me to say "do not tip." Things get especially worse when you don't tip, and the server is forced to make up for this out of his or her own pocket.Īs few carhops make enough in tips to go below the Federal mandatory $2.13/hr, I am tempted to advise all Farkers to stop tipping carhops. Don't get me wrong, the carhops enjoy getting the cash, but all it does is make their paychecks lighter, especially if you tip on your bank card. If you tip in cash, the carhop will get to keep that and take it home with her IN CASH, but it will be deducted from her salary (paycheck) because it is money the company is not forced to pay her for her work. Things get worse when you leave a really good tip on a credit card, so that there is actual evidence.Īt Sonic, everyone is supposed to make minimum wage. That's right, if you tip $10 on a $50 meal, the server is forced to give away $2 of that to other employees. Usually this works out so the server "tips out" about about 4% of gross sales, or, if he/she averages 18%, about 22% of what he/she earns goes to help pay the salaries of fellow employees so that they make at least minimum wage. Then the house gets a cut of the tips, based on total sales (supposedly to pay things like the DJ or bouncers, who help you make your tips.). Then the busboys get a cut of the tips, based on the amount of food that is sold. The bartenders get a cut of the tips, based on the amount of booze that is sold. Theoretically, they get to keep their tips, but in practice, their is a "tip sharing" arrangement the waiter/waitresses must adhere to whether they like it or not. When you eat at a restaurant in most states, the waiter is paid the Federal tipped minimum wage of $2.13/hr.
Any tips they get are deducted from their paycheck.
Here's the problem with tipping Sonic carhops.
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