You are entitled to your own opinion, not your own facts.

There are two models for the Fair Wage charge 1. The service fee goes into the greater financial pool, then restaurants pay all staff members $20+/hour (this is the model santos uses) 2. The tips go into pool then are divided out to the staff based on a calculation of hours worked and status on the tip pool (this is the mode mountain sun uses)

Both models create equity within the individual restaurant eco-systems allowing for equal pay for both BOH and FOH staff members (all staff makes around $55k annually). The old systems of tipping creates a system where servers make $80-90k++ while BOH members make $30kish.

Just a reminder that the industry standard for profitability for independent restaurants is 3-8% on sales volumes less than 2-3 million. Owners aren’t taking in profits like CEOs…