Posted on 06/23/2021 5:25:01 AM PDT by Enlightened1
“Where should we eat tomorrow?” my wife asked me excitedly as we sat on our deck Friday evening.
She had locked down a babysitter for Saturday night, and we were both eager for our first dinner date alone together in months.
“Broders’,” I answered without hesitation.
Located in southwest Minneapolis, Broders Pasta Bar is a local gem. It has a great outdoor patio and the best Italian cuisine in the Twin Cities. We had not eaten there since the pandemic began.
My wife nodded and started to make a reservation on her phone. Then her jaw dropped.
“You’re not going to like this,” she said.
On its website, Broders’ has a notice to customers notifying them of a new 15 percent “benefits and equity” charge they’ve instituted. They justify the charge, first, by explaining that “many states have allowed reduced minimum wages for service staff in the form of a tip credit.” (More on this in a minute.)
The restaurant’s second justification is that many tippers are racist and sexist, according to uncited research.
“Studies have also shown that there is inequity and built-in bias in the way consumers give tips,” the statement reads. “In general, Black or Brown servers receive less tips than Caucasian servers. There is gender bias as well.”
The final part of the statement says the new policy stems from wider racial injustice and is not a substitute for gratuity.
“In the wake of racial injustice protests and the closures due to Covid, now is the time for Broders’ to reimagine its economics and provide fair pay across the company,” the statement reads. “Our Benefits & Equity Charge is applied entirely to employee compensation. This supplement helps us to set a $16 minimum hourly wage for customer facing employees, $18 minimum hourly wage for kitchen employees… Altogether this allows everyone in our company to earn a real living wage. The 15% Benefits & Equity Charge is not a gratuity.”
Blacks typically tip less, so are they also saying something racist here?
https://www.broderspastabar.com/benefits-equity
Studies have also shown that there is inequity and built-in bias in the way consumers give tips. In general, Black or Brown servers receive less tips than Caucasian servers. There is gender bias as well. In restaurants, immigrants and people of color work mostly in the kitchens and have no access to gratuities to supplement their hourly wage.
Not sure how well this will work out for these folks as I don't think I would be visiting any restaurant that tells me they have to add a fee to my bill because I'm racist!
If I ate there I surely would leave no tip
Most people I know top 20% then round up to nearest dollar
This policy is an effective pay cut
When I waited tables I hated the gratuity I posed on party size. More often than not it resulted in a lower tip
Well blacks are more likely to leave without paying....
If I ate there I surely would leave no tip
Most people I know top 20% then round up to nearest dollar
This policy is an effective pay cut
When I waited tables I hated the gratuity Imposed on party size. More often than not it resulted in a lower tip
Automatic no go for me. I guess the market will determine how well this propaganda restaurant will do with its stated policy.
If I ate there I surely would leave no tip
Most people I know tip 20% then round up to nearest dollar
This policy is an effective pay cut
When I waited tables I hated the gratuity Imposed on party size. More often than not it resulted in a lower tip
I’m usually a good Tipper...but didn’t Al Gore invent the internet?
Kind of like how a “universal” charge (tax) was snuck onto our cell phone bills to pay for OBAMA phones.
Fails to mention that a certain ethnicity gives worse tips than Whitey and often skips out without paying.
“Studies have also shown that there is inequity and built-in bias in the way consumers give tips,” the statement reads. “In general, Black or Brown servers receive less tips than Caucasian servers. There is gender bias as well.”
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Studies have also shown calling your customers racist reduces customers.
With restaurants suffering the effects of the lockdowns, mandates and difficulty finding employees, you’d think they’d shy away from branding their own customers “racist” and charging them extra for the privilege of being so branded.
In other words:
Please Stay Away! We don’t really want your business!
The tip on a $0 guest check is $0. Broders or any other establishment with this kind of attitude can FO.
Won’t be eating there.
according to uncited research... :)
In case anyone is interested, the author and wife decided not to go to this restaurant because of the extra fee. I read the article.
I was a waitress once. Blacks are the worst tippers. They also are the biggest complainers and no matter how good the menu is, they want their meal “special.”
Yes it is. At least it identifies as one.
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