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My girlfriend’s low paying job steals her tips

She works at a Smoothie shop and gets 11/hr (after making 10 for 6 months). There is a tip jar sitting on the counter that they don't get at the end of the night. She doesn't know any better bless her heart, I told her that the employees are supposed to get the tips not the bosses. I told her if your low pay wasn't enough, you have to leave now. Instead she went back in and asked about it, and her boss told her they get their tips in bonuses at the end of every year. I got her to ask a coworker how much this bonus is, and she said it was $200. $200?!? I know people don't throw tips out left and right at a smoothie place, but the gf says there is normally about $20-30 in the jar a night. Thats about $5 a person, over…


She works at a Smoothie shop and gets 11/hr (after making 10 for 6 months). There is a tip jar sitting on the counter that they don't get at the end of the night. She doesn't know any better bless her heart, I told her that the employees are supposed to get the tips not the bosses. I told her if your low pay wasn't enough, you have to leave now. Instead she went back in and asked about it, and her boss told her they get their tips in bonuses at the end of every year. I got her to ask a coworker how much this bonus is, and she said it was $200. $200?!? I know people don't throw tips out left and right at a smoothie place, but the gf says there is normally about $20-30 in the jar a night. Thats about $5 a person, over the course of 261 work days a year makes $1,300 a year the employees are missing out on. These poor customers who think they are doing good in the world are getting robbed by people already charging out the ass for fruit and frozen water.

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