I still think restaurants should pay their servers minimum wage or more, most restaurants charge enough for their menu items, but they get away with it and depend on their patrons to compensate their servers. Imagine if every company who provided a service depended on their employees to be compensated by patrons tips. You don't tip your grocery checker, lawn service, maid service, etc. Seems restaurants do this because they can.
I used to be friends with a gal that hated going out to eat because of this, she said restaurants should pay their employees like every other company does. 4951