Pop is amazing.
That said, what about the cooks who work just as hard and don't get paid as much as the waitresses?
Tipping is a problematic institution.
But yeah, Pop is the best.
well, the cooks and other staff outside of the wait staff make a higher wage. Wait staff do not get the minimum wage applicable to other jobs but a different minimum wage, which when I worked as a waiter in the mid-80's was $2.01. I don't think it's gone up much from there. I had a lot of nights where my tips didn't amount to enough to match minimum wage no matter how good I was at my job.
fully agree that this should be a system of pay that is sunset.
From what I have read / heard on economics podcasts, the back of the restaurant workers are often not paid as much as the people working the front end, even when you consider that wait staff are often not entitled to the same minimum wage.
There's a famous restaurateur in New York city who does not allow tipping in his restaurants for this and other reasons.
I was amazed to learn that even the best chefs in New York make relatively very little money.