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Florida waitress receives $2,000 tip on Christmas Eve

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Awesome. This is the kind of story I would like to read more often.

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Giving without expectations of what you may receive in return, a good life tip for all. Still a glimmer of hope, happy to read this.

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In a civilized land, she'd be paid a living wage and wouldn't ave to depend on charity to make ends meet.

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I am very happy for her. I know the feeling of being wiped out by emergencies more than once.

That said, I also agree with Black Sabbath. Far too many people do not make enough money to cope with emergencies and are needlessly hurt by circumstances beyond their control.

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Actually, employees that earn tips often pocket far more money than they would if they were paid a higher salary. It all depends on the job. Waitstaff in decent bars can easily pocket 200 dollars a night (or more) in cash tips. Servers in restaurants can get even more. I don't think they would willingly trade that for a 15 dollar an hour salary. Hell, I used to make bank when I worked as a bellhop in a large hotel back when I was young!

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In a civilized land, she'd be paid a living wage and wouldn't ave to depend on charity to make ends meet.

Waitressing is not a living wage job. There's no waitress in the world who can earn a living wage without tips.

In Japan, for example an entry level waitress job pays less than 3 million yen a year. You can't live on that unless you can secure super-low cost housing.

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Waitressing is not a living wage job. There's no waitress in the world who can earn a living wage without tips.

The point is all jobs should provide a living wage.

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Chip Star: please be specific about what you mean: what exactly is a "living wage"? For whom? For where? How much are we talking about here? And by "all jobs", do you include part time jobs and contract jobs as well? It's great to throw around bromides like that, but the details are important.

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Meanwhile, another woman lucked out when her Reddit Secret Santa turned out to be Bill Gates

"Bill Gates strikes again as Reddit Secret Santa, gifting books, LEGOs, Oreos and more to lucky user"

https://www.geekwire.com/2019/bill-gates-strikes-reddit-secret-santa-gifting-books-legos-oreos-lucky-user/

Bill Gates participates in the Reddit Gift Exchange every year

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This is a good news article. I think the better term should be wages should keep up with "cost of living" expenses instead of "Living wage". Different counties as well as states have can have such see-saw cost of living wages. Proper financial security that matches cost of living means that people should pay no more than %30-40 of their total income on housing (rent/mortgage) about %20-30 on utilities and the remaining %40+ can be disposable/savings/retirement usage. The cost of a car can make commute easier (traffic...), but also factors in the extra cost of maintenance/repair, fuel, insurance etc. Same with healthcare insurance which also eats away at what little people who don't make enough try to survive off of. With some places having rent/housing trying to eat up %60-90+ of the average American's income (Cough MY CITY Cough), people are being moved out on the streets homeless or living out their cars. California is one of the more accurate examples of the cost of living (especially housing) pricing Americans from being able to live in America.

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She was a lucky one. Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to her

How much I need to tip waiters and waitresses in the US?

Tip was not compulsory in Australia but we will give about AU$ 10 - 15 for over AU$ 150 meals if I have dined with friends or with my wife. However, I don't give a tip, if the waiter or waitress has a bad attitude or bad service.

I'm happy to give tip to waitresses and waiters every time I go to eat at a small or large restaurant in Thailand because they are very polite and they will give you the best service as much as possible regardless of who you are.

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