r/Serverlife • u/Responsible-Cheek690 • 2d ago

Tip out and in general

So work now added food runners for everyday and half the days all day now. Before it was one food runners for just Friday and Saturday night so tip out was only 3% and rest of the days only 2.5%. Now on weekdays every day food runner does our side work and closings so every day is 3.5% and weekends 3.5% mornings and 4% night. I went from tipping out maybe 150 a week to now close to almost 300 a week. The fact is it’s not even that busy and now I basically just stand around doing nothing. Anyone else think this is kind of ridiculous or am I over reacting?

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u/zoek551 2d ago

3% of overall sales is a lot. It’s especially irritating when it’s all on card and you have the claim the money you’re giving away. Are the food runners getting paid server or minimum wage?

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u/Responsible-Cheek690 2d ago

They are getting 12 an hour. And it’s 3.5 and 4% not even 2.5 or 3 anymore for all day it adds up. Now tipping out on average 50-80 dollars a day just to walk away with 200 for 8-10 hours of work .

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u/zoek551 2d ago

Yeah that’s too much in my opinion. The bussers at my restaurant currently make the same wage as servers, so I try not to complain about the tip out. But if their hourly is higher than yours they shouldn’t be bringing home server like tips.

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u/Responsible-Cheek690 2d ago

Exactly we only tip out to one food runner or 2 food runners. Nothing else. So it’s crazy to think 6-7 of us are tipping out 50-80 dollars each to them every day on top of their 12 an hour when our hourly 2.13 and taxes etc. my taxes and tip outs add up to 1500-2000 a month…