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GLAD YOU COULD SPEND PART
OF TO STAY WITH US ON
MIDMORNING.
LAST WEEK, JASON TALKED WITH
THE CHEF AND OWNER OF VICTORY
44 AND UPTON 43.
CHEF ERIC CAR SEAT IS THE
FIRST IN TOWN TO ELIMINATE
TIPPING -- TIPPING FOR SERVERS.
WE HAVE SEEN A COFFEE SHOP DO
IT AND A COUPLE OF OTHER
RESTAURANTS EXPERIENCE --
EXPERIMENT WITH IT.
THEY ARE DOING NO TIPS, THE
COST OF SERVICES INCLUDED IN
THE COST OF EVERY SINGLE ITEM.
THE MENU IS NORMALLY PRICE FOR
A HIGHER END RESTAURANT, THE
MAIN COURSES IN THE 30s.
INSTEAD OF HAVING AN 18% TIP
LINE, YOU GO IN, YOU ORDER, YOU
PAY, AND YOU LEAVE.
THAT IS IT.
YOU CAN IMAGINE, PEOPLE HAD
QUITE THE RESPONSE. YES, THIS
IS QUITE A BIG CHANGE.
WE ALL GO OUT THERE, WE ALL PAY
A TIP AT SOME POINT OR KNOW
SOMEBODY WHO WORKS IN THE
SERVICE INDUSTRY.
IT IS A BIG CHANGE IN HOW WE
THINK ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS THE WAY IT WORKS AND A
LOT OF OTHER COUNTRIES AND IT
SEEMS TO WORK IS FINE.
THAT MAKES IT EASY. A COUPLE
OF THINGS GOING ON.
AS LAWMAKERS WANT TO RAISE
MINIMUM WAGE, YOU SEE
RESTAURANT SAYING, IF I HAVE TO
PAY A SERVER $15 AND THEY ARE
GETTING TIPS, MAYBE WE GET RID
OF TIPPING AND INCLUDE THE
COST.
THE OTHER THING IS A CONCERN
ABOUT DISHWASHERS AND COOKS NOT
BEING ABLE TO MAKE MUCH MONEY
BECAUSE THEY ARE SPENDING MONEY
ON PAYING MINIMUM WAGE FOR
SERVERS.
THAT IS DRIVING SOME OF THIS.
LET'S SHOW YOU SOME FEEDBACK.
JOE SAID I WAS THE EXECUTIVE
CHEF AND TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS
A MODEL THAT SHOULD BE STANDARD
PRACTICE EVERYWHERE.
HIGHER PRICES ON FOOD ALTHOUGH
I BELIEVE LESS STRESS ON THE
CONSUMER AS WELL.
IF YOU GO TO BURKE -- VICTORY
44 THEIR BURGER AND FRIES IS
$17. PRICES ARE JUST GOING TO
BE HIGHER.
I'M CURIOUS TO SEE IF SERVERS
ARE GETTING A PAY CUT.
AT THESE RESTAURANTS, THEY
HAVE HIRED NEW SERVERS STARTING
AT $17 AN HOUR.
AT VICTORY 44 THEY HAD EXISTING
SERVICE, SO THEY BOLDEST THEM
UP SO THEY WOULD LOSE MONEY.
$17 AN HOUR, I KNOW THAT'S NOT
A BAD STARTING JOB, BUT I
WORKED AS A SERVER FOR SIX
YEARS.
IF I MADE LESS THAN $20 A
NIGHT, IT WAS A DISAPPOINTING
NIGHT.
I NEED TO FIND A BETTER JOB.
DOES IT COME WITH A SAFETY
NET?
IF YOU ARE A SAFETY NET -- IF
YOUR SERVER, YOU KNOW YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE SOME SLOW NIGHTS.
THIS WOULD GUARANTEE A
PAYCHECK. MEGAN SAYS NO
SEASON SERVER IN HER RIGHT MIND
WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK FOR
THAT.
SHE WOULD NOT TAKE A $20 AN
HOUR PAY CUT TO DO HER JOB.
YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON
PEOPLE LIKE MY DAD WHO WORKED
AS A BELLHOP.
THAT IS INGRAINED IN HIM.
HE ALWAYS SAYS 20% TIP.
IF YOU DO BETTER, WE WILL GIVE
YOU MORE. YOU WILL NOT GET
THE SWING OF GENEROUS PEOPLE
WORKING FOR TIPS.
IT IS A DEBATE THAT WILL