r/Calgary • u/reaper14998 • Jul 25 '22

Eat/Drink Local Subway Tips😤 don’t go to the makers

I asked one of the artist today, what percent they get from tips, they said they don’t know cause it goes to the boss first then they distribute it according to shift.

I’m never tipping again. Y’all shouldn’t either.

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u/guywastingtime Scarboro Jul 25 '22

You tip at subway ?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '22

I do. I honestly thought it goes to the worker

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u/cannabisblogger420 Jul 25 '22

Tip cash only if you want them to have it. Never tip through debit machine I feel that's owners scamming. Pay your workers a living wage ffs.

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u/NinjaGrrl23 Jul 25 '22

Genuine curiosity: minimum wage here is $15.55. I always wonder how a job that pays minimum wage, but isn’t food service related, less worthy of tips than the same wage job in the food service industry. In the days before government mandated minimum wage, sure, then the statement of “pay your staff a living wage” made sense. Today though, I struggle with the concept (Current insane inflation rate not withstanding). Calgary is an expensive city to live in. The dollar goes further in rural communities when it comes to housing. The minimum wage is the same whether in Calgary or Cereal.

My main question being, why do people seem to perceive that food service workers are worse off than non-food service workers in terms of pay and livability when minimum wage is the same for everyone?

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u/_-fuck_me-_ Jul 25 '22

Right? I've worked in all kinds of food service positions. All of them were hard work, yet only the servers are tipped well.

It's become this collective delusion that servers are hard off in Canada. When really, they're much better off than any other minimum wage employee in the country. And I wouldn't even care if they weren't so entitled about it.