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Waitress Urges Customers To Tip After Earning Just ONE Penny In Six-Weeks
Possibly, tax payment cleared it all up.
A waitress has sparked a heated debate online after revealing she makes only one penny during six weeks. In a video shared on TikTok, Liny from Nashville, Tennessee, showed off the paychecks she has received from her job over the last few months, and in total, she earned a single cent.
When Liny shared her paycheck of a six-week pay period, [ONE PENNY], it instantly sparked a debate.
The 25-Year-Old showed three different paychecks in front of the camera. One of them issued on August 30th had zero dollars, another for September 13th also had zero dollars, while a check received on September 27th showed $0.01. “The f*** lma do with one penny Steven!” Liny captioned the now-viral clip.
Her clip was captioned: “Life of a server…this is six weeks of ‘pay’ TIP YOUR SERVERS!!!”
She added: “Life of a server. This is six weeks of “pay.” Tip your servers.” The federal minimum wage for tipped employees in the United States is $2.13 per hour, but for every paycheck, 1.45% is removed for medicare taxes while 6.2% is removed for social security. Paid employees must pay income taxes, and the government will determine how much they owe based on the amount received from earned income.
Viewers have since been left shocked, with some insisting that servers deserve a tip for their service.
@lvndsmac THE F**K IMA DO WITH ONE PENNY STEVEN!!!!!!! ##serverlife ##serverlife ##bigballing ##IDeserveTuitionContest ##fyp ##fypシ
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According to DailyMail, in Liny’s case, while she might have earned a reasonable gross income for her job, she was left with nothing after taxes. So far, the clip has caused a divided opinion, with some saying servers deserve a tip for their service and that if you can’t afford to tip, you shouldn’t go out to eat. A few said it should be on the restaurant and that they should pay their employees more.
But a few said it should be on the restaurant and that they should pay their employees more.
“People don’t understand that servers have to [give] a certain percentage of sales to Kitchen and bar. If you don’t tip, your servers are paying for you eat.” One person wrote. Another added: “If [servers] don’t work, y’all can’t eat out. No one is gonna serve you. We don’t control how much we get paid.” A third disagreed: “Blame the business you’re working for, not the customers. In other countries, they don’t need to tip because they pay a living wage.”
However, the federal minimum wage for tipped employees in the United States is $2.13 per hour.
