Also, porn happens to be one industry where women are paid orders of magnitudes more than men. Also, cruise redtube or something, you'll never see a video titled "Sweet blonde with short labia"... pretty much everything focuses on either of the three Bs: boobs, butts, blowjobs.

Yeah, I was wondering about that. I've never noticed much homogeneity among labias in porn. Perhaps Lindy is thinking of soft focus photoshopped Playboy editorials?

Two things.

I know it's hard to read the entire post before you comment, but try your best, okay?

I have a column suggestion for you...it's " inspired" by some of the awful comments/comments about how awful some people are about tips in your recent tipping post called Am I an Asshole customer? or How Much Does My Server Hate Me?

Having worked in both the front and back of the house in a wide range of establishments, I feel qualified to respond.

I'm a former server and the money I earned from tipping was just fine for me at the time. The bigger problem was a lack of paid leave, a lack of medical insurance, completely erratic working hours, *absolutely terrible working conditions* and a nifty back problem that ended up driving me out of the profession. My…

Exactly. When I did hair I looked up the average earnings of a hairstylist, and saw 24k. I thought, who are they asking, the IRS? I was declaring exactly 24 but making 60 at the time. I was working 24 hours a week.

Hi, C.A,

Hopping on the bandwagon here too. While I do love the "20% of your food sales" model idea, when I was a server about a decade ago I ALWAYS raked in more than 20% in tips, and I worked, respectively, at a well-known theme restaurant and a high-end diner type place, so nowhere swank, for sure. I waited tables for 6-7…

Tax-free tips are great, until you go to retire and haven't paid enough into Social Security or Medicare to qualify.

Sadly that seems to be the case. As Pinkham eloquently put it, we should go back to a day when servers weren't considered our servants, but rather gentlemen(people) just like everyone else doing a job to pay the bills, etc.

I'm not against requiring restaurants to pay servers a living wage. Because, yeah, a lot of people are waiting tables and cheesy chains out in the middle of bumfuck nowhere middle America and making no money.

It's not just high end restaurants, my ex-wife worked at a fucking Outback and brought home at least $150-200 a night, from a four hour shift.

Bar tender here. I would hate it switching to a living wage. I work one night a weekend and make anywhere from 600 - 800 dollars slinging cheap domestics and well vodka. People usually tip a dollar a drink and things work out great. Also no cash is paid to the tax man.

inProduction didn't say all servers do. I know servers who make more than I do and their jobs don't require the same level of expertise or degree as mine. Some servers make a lot.

as a server who made $200 last night for 6 hours of work i am in favor of the current tipping system, i enjoy going to work unsure of how much money i can make. i see this as an opportunity for a potentially limitless 'salary' to be earned.

When I was a server in San Francisco, I made about $200-300 in cash per shift, plus SF minimum wage (I think it was around $10/hr at the time, it's way more now.) The reason I did that job, rather than working in a flower shop or a vet office was absolutely tips. Because it was horrible and I hated it a lot.

The servers at some restaurants get more than 100 in 5 hours though. At my old job more like 300.