Saru Jayaraman Tipping Restaurant Workers

Saru Jayaraman puts great perspective on different points of view on tipping restaurant workers in the United States. The origin of tipping started in the 19th century, on the Europe continent. Tipping was not a way of life in the United States until workers returning from Europe tried to set the trend. Since the process of tipping was introduced to our country we have faced great inequality in pay rates through America. While many American’s feel that the need for tipping is uncalled for, what we don’t know about worker’s that receive tips is that they can earn as less as zero dollars per hour. Law’s have not improved much since the last push for equality in pay rates amongst tipped employee’s but with acknowledgment of the problem, we are