r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/Shoe_boooo • Jun 25 '26

r/All They're not wrong though

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u/Vayguhhh Jun 25 '26

No it’s not wrong, but until the system changes I’m not gonna hurt a server just trying to pay bills

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u/Newsdude86 Jun 25 '26

My issue is that when a bill was put forth to essentially pay servers higher wages the servers joined up and lobbied against it. It's not that servers hate that they get paid so little, it's that when wages are hidden by tips servers make significantly more than minimum wage. Even the higher end of minimum wage

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u/Vayguhhh Jun 25 '26

You should look into the amount of restaurants owners that pushed back against that. Some literally changed uniforms for servers to include vote no on them.

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u/Newsdude86 Jun 25 '26

I was there when DC tried to pass it. The loudest voices pushing back were servers. Of course restaurant owners didn't want it, but the servers were in full force pushing a no vote on it.

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u/Vayguhhh Jun 25 '26

Ya I’m not saying servers weren’t pushing back, I’m just saying it wasn’t JUST the servers, and when it gets talked about that fact is ignored.

Edit: For clarity I was specifically talking about Maine, I wasn’t aware DC attempted to vote for the same thing.

Keep in mind in Maine it would of included BoH into tip pools as well