Comments on: Voting with My Lunch Money http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2004/12/21/voting-with-my-lunch-money/ a good girl's notebook of her culinary world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:01:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Coral http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2004/12/21/voting-with-my-lunch-money/comment-page-1/#comment-10696 Coral Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:45:13 +0000 http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2004/12/21/voting-with-my-lunch-money/#comment-10696 No one commented on this entry, and I just read it. I think it's rediculous that people are expected to live on such miserably small wages. I've worked on illegal pay (no overtime for example) in a struggling restaurant before. What isn't mentioned is the horrible guilt trip I (and others I assume) was given for the failure of the restaurant to generate good revenue for the owner. I was delayed my paycheck, had hours rounded down, and told "for the sake of you paying your rent" not to share any portion of my tips with the buspeople or hostesses (who were paid less than me) at any time ("they might get used to it"). No one commented on this entry, and I just read it. I think it’s rediculous that people are expected to live on such miserably small wages.

I’ve worked on illegal pay (no overtime for example) in a struggling restaurant before. What isn’t mentioned is the horrible guilt trip I (and others I assume) was given for the failure of the restaurant to generate good revenue for the owner. I was delayed my paycheck, had hours rounded down, and told “for the sake of you paying your rent” not to share any portion of my tips with the buspeople or hostesses (who were paid less than me) at any time (“they might get used to it”).

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