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Minimum wage in Texas is $7.25. According to a few websites the average landscape worker in Texas starts around $14 an hour. We started our seasonal employees at $18. We still lost a guy to seasonal retail work.

 

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If you average it all out they end up making a reasonable wage. Why on earth would anyone think that waiters should make 23 bucks an hour?
I barely made that after taxes when I was remodeling. Less skills equal less pay.

It’s petty to disrespect other people who labor for a living. Just because you were willing to settle for less doesn’t mean somebody else is obligated to do the same.
I sure as hell don’t want to wait tables, I’m glad there are people who will and make a living doing it.

 

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I think it's unreasonable. If a waiter is averaging well above minimum wage then why should they be paying any more.bwhat most people don't understand is that restaurants profit margins are very low. Everyone wants higher wages because they don't understand economics. Same reason most people vote a certain way. The average guy usually doesn't really understand how things really work, and that is why we have the system we ended up with.

20 percent is for excellent service. I won't tip at all if they suck.

What do you do when a customer says you're too expensive?

 

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Baby boomer saw about 21 federal minimum wage increases during their working life. GenX saw around 14.

Millennials saw about 3, and genZ has seen 0 unless their state raised the minimum wage.

So basically, once boomers and X didn't benefit from the minimum wage, the increases stopped.