>be me >Dig holes 12 hours a day every day, on the road living out of hotel with crew, in Pacific Northwest so everything is expensive and there's a cold rain almost 24/7/365 >Get cuts and bruises and injuries and semi-electrocutions all the time >Work so hard I hallucinate religious experiences weekly >Make $10 an hour
>Quit >New job is Chinese food delivery >Get $5 tip almost every time >Make 4-5 deliveries an hour >Get $8/hr base pay >Live in Midwest now where everything is cheap
>I drive a tiny car and ring doorbells for like $30 an hour when I used to nearly die every day for peanuts
I am literally pretty angry about this, my life will be much better now but still... Goddammit I had no idea how much money people that get tips make and I had no idea how easy their fucking jobs are
this was me at age 19. Did overnight stocking at a Sam's Club, worst job ever, 9$ an hour.
Then served at a dirty Mexican restaurant - easy job, surrounded by roasties (gift and curse), infinite smoke (smoke MID nigga) breaks, and more $$$$$.
this *whole* economy is a scam. For better or worse! never forget that.
Jace Baker
try being an underground poker dealer. the easiest fucking money youll ever make.
Brody Gray
I'd have killed myself. You seriously make like 30 an hr with tips tho? Fuck. That depresses me. I went to fucking school to be an electrician and many CAP at 30 an hr AFTER becoming a journeyman. They start you off at 14 an hr and for the work you do, it sucks big hairy balls.
Goddamn it.
Jason Roberts
Hey also, you probably make MORE than someone making 30 an hr from some employer due to retarded fucking taxes.
Do you report tips on your taxes?
Asher Turner
>I hallucinate religious experiences weekly
Desire to know more
Ian Ortiz
Its because OP isnt paying taxes on the tips.
Bartenders can make upwards of 4000 a month net because most will not claim the tips. When buying in cash there really isnt a trail to prove you ever had the money. Just dont go buying fancy cars and shit.
Thomas Evans
Sounds comfy, if you don't mind smoking 4 packs a day secondhand. Got any stories?
Kevin Myers
Did you steal the plot from the book holes?
Logan Watson
With enough physical exhaustion and pain things start to get a little weird
Grayson Hill
Barbershop near me only accepts cash and they are busy 24/7. They make save so much $$$ not reporting how much they actually make.
Jordan Green
The $10 an hour is also before taxes guys
Yes I pay my taxes on all of my wages
Juan Cook
No I have just lived a hardened life
Adam Bailey
People get paid $8 an hour to clean shit from old people's asses in nursing homes
The more kinds of jobs you have the more you realize how uneven the economy is
Joseph Walker
Just looked it up and ya, I guess you do have to pay taxes on your tip money. Fuck it, I guess I'll stick with the electrical trade. Yep... pic related. Many jobs want you to work hard for peanuts. I live in LA so it sucks hard here. 3/4 jobs paid under 15 an hr. Hoping I can get into this one union that caps at 44.35 an hr after 3.5 yrs. Everyone Ik got in. I'll be pretty pissed if they don't like me in my interview in 2 months.
A good trade will eventually pay more than delivering food yeah of course
The effort difference is the main quality of life thing that I'm speechless about
Cocksuckers that do the job I do think it's immoral not to tip, meanwhile were just stoned as shit driving a glorified gokart and collecting cash for fucks sake it's goddamn fun
Dylan Anderson
so all waymen are really recording and holding their tip money to pay taxes?
imagine if they did.. i wonder what the real data would look like.
Sebastian Stewart
>Pacific Northwest
Wherever tipped wage is identical to non-tipped wage, tipping is indefensible.
