The minimum wage is Los Angeles is supposed to be raised to 15 dollars by the year 2020. LA follows other cities like Chicago and Seattle by making the minimum wage more tolerable to the increasing costs of living. This could be fantastic news to those of us who work in the service industry. That would mean that many of us WOULD actually be getting money on our paychecks. If you still live under a naive rock, servers don't get money on the paychecks because all of it is taken out for taxes because the wage is so low. And even lower in places on the East coast like New York and Pennsylvania. I have come across more than the usual backlash about tipping, and even worse, people wanting to do away with tipping all together. While making a better wage does sound appealing, doing away with tipping is going to sacrifice the dining experience all together. Case in point, an article written by a man who doesn't work in the service industry. Perhaps at one time, he did--whe
I am the leader of the server revolution! Taking the power away from the customers and putting it back in the hands of the bartenders and servers. Yelp off!!!