If they are not American, there's no way they'll ever be able to comprehend THAT.

No. It’s over a pay period and you will not get scheduled if you go this route as a server.

And you expect the boss to actually make up the difference. There's a reason wage theft is so common in the US.

Those cities also tend to be governed by mostly Democrats while the ones under the thumb of the GOP are very happy watching people try to survive on $7.25

Fascinating. Do people also write down the amount of tips received each hour? To make sure the boss pays for the slow hour, and it doesn't end up coming out of your own pocket anyways, from the other more busy hour? I can't believe Americans are doing that amount of maths?

When I was a pizza delivery boy, I just did the cashing-up once a day. The cash register would know how much of the money in my pocket was owed to the boss, and I got to keep the change. Only time maths was involved was when the delivery cars broke down (which they did all the time) and I had to use my own car and the boss had to compensate me for using my own car.