In a post on TikTok, a server who goes by the handle @mylasoasis_ , explained how she relies on tips to survive. Unlike the US, which offers a somewhat reasonable minimum wage, in the US that isn’t the case.
She makes ‘$3.63’ an hour £2.96 (£118.4 for 40 hours). In the UK the National Living Wage for those over 23 is £10.42.
The poster, who VT called Lillie, said in her now-deleted video: “You can b**** and moan and tell me that my employer should be paying me a higher wage all you want, but this is America, and that’s not what is happening, OK?
“I get paid $3.63 from the restaurant that I work at. My earnings, my wage, comes from tips.”
She went on to explainer the food is cheaper, “because you’re expected to tip on it.”
Then delivered her highly controversial conclusion: “You don’t deserve to eat out if you cannot afford to tip. Like, it’s the same thing with a nanny.
“If you can’t afford to pay somebody else an entire salary, you don’t deserve a nanny.
“If you can’t afford to tip, you literally don’t deserve to eat out. Order to-go, or go to f*cking McDonald’s.”
Do you agree with her, if you can't afford to tip , you should be allowed to eat?
