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They absolutely would notice, you are only allowed to under pay tipped staff under the assumption that with tips they rise above min wage. No tips and all of sudden you have to make the difference from 2.50 ish an hour to min wage which can be 16+ here.

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these owners will likely just cut hours or reduce hours and jack up prices.

Shouldn’t that be the point?

If the argument is that tipping keeps their prices low (costs/wages), aren’t you just ending up paying the same price anyways in the end? Like, why all this extra BS?

Just pay decent wages, set fair prices, and make no more tipping “the norm” instead.

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