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The actual waiters and waitresses at this place make at least minimum wage and get the occasional tip and I try to give them whatever change I have since they are trying to support themselves or go to college or whatever. I don’t believe I have ever tipped more than 75 cents or a dollar since they are carhops-they spent less than a minute bringing me my food and my money is not supposed to be their sole income since they get paid more than 2.13 an hour.
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This part bothers me more than the charity. Wow! A whole $2.13 an hour. If they work there full time and play their cards right, they can make a whole $85.00 a week.
Seriously, why wouldn’t you tip them what I assume you’d tip someone in a restaurant?
You said yourself it was hot out. How do you know what they’re doing with their money?
$2.13 an hour is what tipped waiters/waitresses get. Per the OP, the carhops get minimum wage or higher.
You know what I wonder now, though, is why the group wasn’t fundraising through their church. My mother’s church has silent auctions, and pancake breakfasts, and suchlike as fundraisers for church-related groups.
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I got the impression from the OP that the carhops were more akin to the counter guys in a fast food restaurant than to waiters in a sit-down restaurant, in the sense that you’re not really expected to tip them: they earn their money through their wages, not through tips.
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In light of this, I think several of you are being way too hard on pbbth.
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If this is in fact the case then I’m inclined to agree with you. I was under the impression that this was taking place in a setting where the carhops were customarily tipped. My apologies, pbbth. I seem to have misunderstood the situation.
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You know what I wonder now, though, is why the group wasn’t fundraising through their church. My mother’s church has silent auctions, and pancake breakfasts, and suchlike as fundraisers for church-related groups.
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I would hazard the guess that their fundraising at the drive in was in addition to fundraising through the church rather than in place of it. Just a guess, though.