# The US tipping system poisons the eating out well

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 24, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-tipping-system-poisons-the-eating-out-well/405430 "2007-05-24T23:58:12Z")\
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> [@mswas](#):
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> I bet a good waiter at Houlihans or Fridays could pull 50k a year.

My roommate in college was a very good server and he made bank. I don’t mind paying that extra $50 in tip if the server can make a $250 dinner into a $300 experience.

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I know a waiter/bartender in Breckinridge, who has made over 100k a year for the last three years.

Still priced out of any accommodations within an hour of that place.

Apparently a similar position in Leadville would pay a lot less. So a lot of people are making that hour plus commute (living in Leadville, working in Breckinridge). Apparently at 2am in the winter it’s quite the ride.

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