I work part-time as a cashier at a small butcher shop. It’s a good job, and I like my boss and my coworkers. I generally have no issues, except for one thing that irks me…
There is a jar next to the register. It’s got a picture of a saint on it (the owners are Italian and catholic). I thought that this was a tip jar for our deli guys, but I just realised that it not a tip jar. It is a donation jar for the local church.
Now, we all make decent full wages (full time also has benefits), so none of us really need tips to get by, nor would I really consider this wage theft. That said, I’m pretty sure all our customers believe that it’s a tip jar. There isn’t any writing on it that says otherwise.
I’ve been trying to tell customers that we encourage you to just hand tips directly to the deli guys, but I know that not everyone has that kind of social energy. I’m also not sure how to start a conversation with my boss about it.
Any advice is appreciated.