This is illegal everywhere in the US. The owner/ manager somehow convinces employees with low self esteem that reimbursing "the house" needs to happen. Restaurant jobs are everywhere, if IHOP is doing this, they need to walk out.
The continuation of being dumped on in Restaurants needs to end.
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If you leave the food uneaten there isn't a cop I know who would even think about hasseling you. I imagine they would have some sympathy because I'll bet they have the same thing happen to them.
Meh. Just a processed burger there. Plus it's pretty far from me and on the bad side of town. Denny's has a better hand pressed burger.
Well that is the opposite of my experience at our local Texas Roadhouse. The restaurant is crawling with attentive employees, from greeter, bus boys, servers and bartenders. Everything I've tried on the menu is tasty, served hot and promptly. A manager walks around asking if everything is OK and the prices haven't gone up and the portions are the same. The place is always packed no matter the time of day. They have a $10.99 week day early bird menu that includes a 6 oz. sirloin that is quite good, with two sides. Of course you get hot yeast rolls with butter as soon as you are seated. It is our go to place to dine out.
Most people don't realize that the reason health insurance is tied to employment is that during WWII wages were frozen and price controlled by the government so employers started offering health insurance as a benefit to get around the wage freeze. 80 years later the system remains in place because it became entrenched.
Our local Texas Roadhouse hasn't changed except to expand to a larger building to seat all of the customers that line up to eat. The food and service is still consistently good. The prices haven't changed and the portions are still generous. The only thing that has changed over the years is they no longer have a bucket of peanuts on the table. And the place is always packed. You have to get there early unless you want to wait in line.
I like to cook. Don't understand the fascination with having some unknown person cook your food and then overcharging you for that.
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While true, restaurant owners mis treat their employees all the time. We use to frequent this Mexican restaurant locally until we learned in the news the owner was stealing from his own employees. Apparently it happens in a number of ways in a number of places. Realize that the minimum wage working poor serving you are some of the most vulnerable people in our society, so its easy to believe.
Edit - its also one of the reasons I always tip in cash when dining in as well. They likely don't make enough to pay much income tax anyway, so why let the owner hold their money for even 1 minute, if in fact they do give it all back.
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Thanks to Covid changing our eating habits, the wife and I rarely eat out anymore, except for the local Mexican restaurant we've been a patron since 2005, and a local seafood chain (Ivar's). Otherwise, the KitchenAid 5-burner grill w/sear burner bought in 2017 @ Costco has been used year-round, such as grilling fresh King, Coho, and Sockeye salmon, depending on the season, on a Cedar plank... yum! Tonight, I'm grilling chicken breast as a side for Spaghetti w/freshly-grated Mizithra cheese & butter, along with grilled green beans and butter lettuce/spinach salad (vs going to Old Spaghetti Factory).
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I haven't eaten out in over 5 years (far too much sugar, salt, and industrially processed fat in a vast majority of the food), and this thread has verified my belief that good service, the only saving grace in the restaurant experience, is an utter crapshoot these days. After having scanned menus recently out of curiosity, I can't imagine having to pay the ridiculously inflated prices restaurants charge, either. A few years ago, my wife and I made a conscious decision to invest the effort in daily home cooking, and the dividends have been immense in terms of health and household budget.
Used to go to the OSF in downtown Tacoma at the old location. That is before it all went to heck in a hand basket down there. The new location is not impressive. I avoid the area.
I got food poisoning at one and have passed on their chain since.
I can remember going to the downtown Seattle OSF in the 2000s, which closed December 2016. Now, no way I'm even getting close to that area of the city.
Theft is when you eat the food and walk. They didn't eat it. It was served cold.
You are not going to make in tips what a nurse makes being a server at Dennys. Also-some states have a lower wage for servers that is well below the NON SERVER minimum wage with the thought process being that will make it up in tips. That is a false assumption on many days.
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Tipped Minimum Wage | Federal Rate and Rates by State (2024)
Do your employees earn tips? You may be able to pay them the federal or state tipped minimum wage. Learn federal and state rates here.
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You are not going to make in tips what a nurse makes being a server at Dennys. Also-some states have a lower wage for servers that is well below the market wage, with the thought process being that will make it up in tips. That is a false assumption on many days.
see chart-
Tipped Minimum Wage | Federal Rate and Rates by State (2024)
Do your employees earn tips? You may be able to pay them the federal or state tipped minimum wage. Learn federal and state rates here.
I cannot imagine a waitress making what a nurse makes.
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