Why do we have to pay the servers? Why do we have to do math after eating? Why should we have to leave more money then what we paid? Whenever you go to a restaurant, you always hear the word “tip”. Whenever money is left on an empty table, it's the server’s tip. You might think that it makes no sense on why we tip. Tipping, also known as the gratuity, means a gift of money, over and above payment due for service, as to a waiter. (dictionary.com) Tipping helps pay the salary of servers as they don't make enough money as it is. Although this may seem good, it doesn't explain why we don't make the food more expensive and pay the workers more. Tipping allows restaurant owners to legally underpay workers, have people discriminate against workers, …show more content…
Tipping was implemented because when the government banned alcohol, sales dropped and restaurant owners couldn't afford to pay their employees. Even though the ban was lifted, tipping is still used.
Some people would argue that tipping should be abolished, however, tipping is needed as without tipping restaurants would lose money and servers wouldn’t make enough money. No tipping also causes employee loss. “At a few restaurants, the no-tip experiment has backfired so badly owners have had to reinstate tips to keep waiters from quitting“(Harnett). If you were getting a high and reasonable pay rate then people wouldn't lose as much money, like instead of tipping they get a set amount of money for every table they wait and maybe the rating from the customer. While balancing out the amount of pay may work, “Presuming that most servers make between 15 and 20 percent in tips per table and share only a small percentage of that with bussers, food runners and bartenders, dividing an 18 percent “service charge” among the whole staff will lower the servers’ income—and there's no mention of whether their hourly rate will be increased in turn to that of the cooks or dishwashers, who legally have to make at least the federal minimum wage”