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(At least according to this comment) this is a normal data center.
While unlikely, it's not impossible for something from 2019 to "not hold up."
True, but the post also never says they are.
It varies by state, some do require servers to be paid minimum wage and don't have this weird exception. The ones day do allow them to be paid something like $2 an hour instead of $7.25 (I forget the exact numbers). Then if they don't make enough in tips so their "effective" hourly pay for the day is minimum wage, then the employer had to cover the difference.
Tips are reported as taxable income. I'm sure many servers take cash tips and don't, but that's between them and the IRS. Assuming everyone is behaving, yes, tips are taxable income just like "normal" income. (Even income from illegal activities is considered taxable.)
Repercussions for not getting tips? Maybe. I haven't been a server. I'm sure it can happen, I'm not sure how often it does. As for can they fire you? Yeah, most likely. Every state but one has what's called "at will employment" which gives workers the "benefit" (lol) of being able to quit whenever, but also let's employers fire you for any reason (apart from a very small number of things like discrimination).
Basically, say you work one hour. Minimum wage is $7.25. The server minimum is $2. You make $3 in tips. Your employer would need to cover the additional $2.25.
A lot of this is effectively moot since minimum wage has stagnated so far behind inflation. I think a lot of places are already offering above minimum wage for their lowest paid workers, but I'm not sure if that includes servers.
I'm utterly convinced everyone just says malort is gross for the bit. It's not that bad. There are other bizarre tasting liquors that don't get the same rep. I've had it and, while not great, didn't really live up to the vomit inducing reputation.
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I rewatched Inception recently, it's interesting because it has this trope centered in the plot. Cillian Murphy's character, Robert Fischer Jr., had a father like this, and while he never believed in his son (at least as far as we're revealed), the plot centers around having him believe that he did.
Lazy parents put iPads in kids' faces. Lazy parents also don't bother setting parental controls. Too many Spider-Man and Pregnant Elsa videos happened. Now lawmakers are using this as an excuse to get us to submit our papers to get online.
Years of "Wikipedia is not a source" without critically thinking about what that means or when to apply it. The same people who will say that will ignore that it was meant for research papers, but somehow forgot what makes sources credible. It's really a suffering from success thing. The phrase was just said so often it became part of people's thoughts. Sort of like the "five dollar footlong" thing with Subway.
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It wasn't directed just at you.
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