You'd rather get paid 2.15? Stone and Parker are good guys paying 4x the normal paycheck

If they work 8, they do get 240 for the night (totally taxable). Yes cash tips are supposed to be counted towards taxes, but….. I’d rather the tips in a place like this. Now Denny’s? I’d take the 30 an hour.

I'd be dying for a contract

Why do they do thing backwards? The friends should have started at a lower scale place and give 30 bucks an hour no tips. A coffee shop would be perfect.

when I waited tables and bartended. Working for tips can really suck, depending on who your customers are. The waiters and bartenders don't have to worry about how much to claim in tips now. It really sucks to be dependent on the customers' generosity. And restaurants shouldn't be making the customers pay their workers.

Where else would the money be coming from?

Now customers are depended upon to add an extra amount to pay the workers' wages. A lot of people tip as little as they can get by with. Sometimes they don't tip at all. When they don't tip, you don't have a base wage to fall back on. Whether these customers would have tipped the server or not is a moot point now. Those staff members will be working solely for the owners now. That way, when a customer expects a lot of extra shit for nothing, you just have to worry about your boss's interests. I predict there will be a lot less bullshit to deal with at that place.

I worked in the automotive supply base in manufacturing for my career. All of our revenue ultimately came from people buying cars, trucks, and replacement parts for them, even though we only manufactured parts and not vehicles.

pay their staff for them. Customers have to add extra money to their check to pay the staff for doing their jobs. They won't have to worry about that anymore. Sure, the restaurant lives off it's customers, but if they expect the customers to pay their staff, they're setting up a situation where the staff have divided loyalties between the customers and the managers. People expect extra things sometimes for their tips, and it can cost the restaurant money. Now they'll just do what the boss says and that will be it. If there's a problem, they can talk let the manager handle it.

If an average tip is 20%, and the menu prices go up an average of 15%, then customers will be on average actually paying less than they did before. On the other hand, if prices are raised 25%, than it will cost the customers more than they were paying before.

Either way, it is ultimately the customers who pay the wages

You might earn a lot for two hours at lunch, and then it'll be 4 hours at $2.50 an hour.

We also had all sorts of side work to complete before we could leave. Cleaning, rolling silverware, and whatever else your boss wants you to do for the day is expected. You're only making $2+ per hour while you do that shit.