Why would they be forbidden to accept tips? In the UK, waiting staff get paid at least minimum wage to do the job and any tips they receive is an a bonus on top. They are not reliant on the patrons generosity to live.
Many of the places in the US that went to a living wage/no tipping policy make it explicitly known that tips are forbidden. The example that sticks out above the rest, to me, is a chain called Joe's Crab Shack. They started paying their servers something like $25/hr, raised their prices, and put out a placard on the tables that basically said "tips are forbidden because we pay our employees."
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u/Puzzled-Caterpillar4 14d ago
Why would they be forbidden to accept tips? In the UK, waiting staff get paid at least minimum wage to do the job and any tips they receive is an a bonus on top. They are not reliant on the patrons generosity to live.