PARTICULARLY AGREE JUST AN UNNECESSARY AND TO A PERSON LIKE
ME WHO WORKED FOR YEARS AND YEARS IN THE FOOD SERVICE
INDUSTRY UNNECESSARY AREA --
>>AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SOME RESTAURANTS THAT DO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE TIPS GIVE THEM TO THE
BOSS, THEY ARE ALL POOLED, AND THEN THEY ARE DIVVIED OUT MORE
EVENLY, SOMETIMES JUST TO THE WAITERS TO EVEN THINGS OUT,
SOMETIMES TO PEOPLE WHO AREN'T DIRECTLY TIPPED, AND THERE IS
ANOTHER VERSION OF THIS WHERE GENERALLY WHEREVER YOU WORK AS A
WAITER SOME PERCENTAGE OF YOUR TIPS ARE GIVEN TO NON-TIPPED
EMPLOYEES LIKE HOSTS AND BUSBOYS AND BUYBACKS, LIKE THAT.
BUT
THIS IS AN AMPLIFYING OF THAT EFFECT, AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS
THAT UNDER THESE NEW ROLES --
>>IT DOESN'T SAY YOU TAKE IN ALL THE TIPS AND THEN YOU GIVE
OUT ALL THE TIPS, IT IS YOU TAKE THEM IN, THEN DO WITH THEM WHAT
YOU WILL.
IT IS PRETTY CONSEQUENTIAL MONETARILY --
>>AND THIS ISN'T BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM MILLIONAIRES AND
BILLIONAIRES, IT'S BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO
WERE WORKING ONE OR TWO OR THREE FOOD SERVICE JOBS SIMPLY TO PAY
RENT TO GO TO SCHOOL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS WILL AFFECT
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, THESE ARE NOT RARE JOBS, AND THEY
COULD FIND THEMSELVES SUDDENLY LOSING A SIGNIFICANT
PERCENTAGE OF THEIR TOTAL INCOME.
ALREADY BEFORE THIS CHANGE --
>>AND NOW THERE WILL BE OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
REGULATIONS ALLOWING EMPLOYERS TO DO THIS IF THEY GO INTO
EFFECT.
>>A COUPLE THINGS HERE, ONE IS, THIS IS COMPLETELY DISINGENUOUS
AND EASILY PROVABLE.
HOW IS IT PROVABLE?
IF YOU REALLY WANTED
TO MAKE SURE DISHWASHERS ALSO GOT PART OF THE MONEY, YOU WOULD
JUST RIGHT INTO THE LAW THAT THE EMPLOYER IS NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE
ANY OF THE TIP.
THEN YOU COULD SAY DISPERSE THE TIP AMONG THE
EMPLOYEES IN ANY WAY YOU WANT, BUT YOU CAN'T GIVE IT TO THE
EMPLOYER.
BUT THEY DIDN'T PUT THAT IN THE LAW, THEY ALLOW THE
EMPLOYER TO TAKE IT.
THAT'S POINT ONE.
SO ANYONE CLAIMING
IT'S FOR THE DISHWASHERS, IT'S NOT TRUE BECAUSE IF IT WAS JUST
FOR THEM YOU CAN CLEARLY SAY THAT IN THE LAW, THEY HAVE
CHOSEN NOT TO SAY THAT.
YOU KNOW WHY?
DISHWASHERS DON'T HAVE
LOBBYISTS, EMPLOYERS DO.
THERE'S NO DISHWASHING LOBBY THAT STRONG
ARMS POLITICIANS INTO REPRESENTING THE LITTLE GUY.
POINT TWO IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT, ANYONE WHO SAYS THE EMPLOYERS
WILL NOT TAKE THE MONEY UNDERSTANDS NOTHING ABOUT
BUSINESS.
ABOUT PUBLIC CORPORATIONS.
IF IT'S A PRIVATE
COMPANY, YES, THE PERSON RUNNING IT COULD BE A DECENT PERSON
AND HE MIGHT GIVE 100% TO THE DISHWASHERS, ETC.,
THAT'S PERFECTLY POSSIBLE.
>>SO MONEY RESTAURANTS ARE CORPORATE.
>>YES, AND BY THE WAY, THE GUY RUNNING THE RESTAURANT
COULD BE A JERK AND TAKE 100%.
>>AND TELL YOU IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, SCREW OFF.
>>AND I'M PRETTY SURE THERE ARE NICE GUYS WHO ARE EMPLOYERS
AND BAD GUYS WHO ARE EMPLOYERS.
>>I'VE HAD BOTH AS A WAITER.
>>ANYWAY, ONE PERCENTAGE OF THE WAITSTAFF WOULD BE HOSED IN A
PRIVATE COMPANY.
WORKING FOR A PUBLIC CORPORATION, THEN YOU ARE
ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY HOSED.
YOU WILL GO DOWN TO MINIMUM WAGE
EVENTUALLY AND GET NONE OF IT, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
BECAUSE
ON QUARTERLY EARNINGS CALLS THE BOARD WILL ASK THE CEO, WHY HAVE
YOU NOT MAXIMIZED PROFITS?
WE HIRED YOU TO MAXIMIZE -- WAIT,
DOES THE LAW ALLOW YOU TO TAKE 100% OF THE TIPS?
IT DOES.
THEN
WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE 100%?
YOU'RE FIRED.
IT WILL BE OVERNIGHT, IN
THE BEGINNING WE WILL SAY WE ARE MOSTLY GIVING IT TO THE
EMPLOYEES, THEN THEY WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT, THEN THE NEXT
QUARTERLY CALL THEY WILL GET ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT YOU TOOK
12%, WHY NOT 25 OR 50?
UNTIL A COUPLE YEARS FROM NOW, THEY WILL
TAKE ALL OF IT, AND LEAVE YOU WITH HIM WAGE.
IT IS THEIR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY, WE'VE SET
UP THIS INSANE SYSTEM THAT BY LAW THEY MUST TAKE ALL OF
IT OTHERWISE THEY WILL BE FIRED.
>>I HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH ONE PART OF YOUR ANALYSIS, OVER
THE COUPLE YEARS ALL THIS HAPPENS THEY WILL ALSO
LOBBY TO TAKE AWAY THE MINIMUM WAGE.
JUST TO BE FAIR.
>>WAITERS, WAITSTAFF, AND THE DISHWASHERS, YOU ALL GOT ROOKED
TODAY.
WIPED OUT.
>>THESE REGULATIONS HAVEN'T YET
GONE INTO EFFECT, THEY ARE IN A PERIOD OF FACT-FINDING.
>>[LAUGHTER] FACT-FINDING.
THE ONLY THING THAT CAN SAVE YOU IS
DONALD TRUMPS INCOMPETENCE.
THERE IS NO DISHWASHER OR WAITER LOBBY.
BACKS THERE ARE RESTAURANT WORKER UNIONS AND STUFF
LIKE THAT.
>>AND
GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS AS WELL ON PEOPLE WHO WORK IN RESTAURANTS.
>>AND A LOT OF CORPORATE RESTAURANTS WOULDN'T ALLOW THOSE
UNION WORKERS.
>>I LOVE YOU GUYS, I DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH
YOUR WORK, PEOPLE WORKING TO FIGHT FOR THE WAITSTAFF AND THE
DISHWASHERS, ETC., BUT YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE SAME POWER AS THE
CORPORATE LOBBIES?
THE CORPORATE LOBBIES WILL CRUSH YOU. AND
EXCEPT FOR DONALD TRUMP'S INCOMPETENCE THIS IS ALMOST A
GUARANTEE, AND THEY WROTE IT ON PURPOSE TO BE ABLE TO ROB YOU,
AND THEY WILL.
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