The only thing I want to point out is that many restaurant servers don't pay taxes on their tip earnings, which make up the bulk of wages. How much of the satisfaction derived from your pay rate is due to receiving tax free wages illegally?

Note: I'm not sure how I feel about the morality of this, just the legality. Most restaurant workers I know, from before 2015, were happy only because of the extra space given by limited taxation on their wages, aka tax fraud. (I have heard the IRS has since cracked down but cannot confirm)