Is Tipping Out the Back of the House Legal?
Let’s clear up some of the confusion about tip sharing in the U.S.
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@ashleyjessee8275
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Why is every state so different?
@Maiq_Tyson
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
"I doubt it, roll tideâŚ"
Damn right TimâŚ
@Theloststreamer
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Nicole lmfaooo đ
@Skaliton
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
I love the assumptions here. I was 'support staff' at 3 different places and the only time I ever received any tip was if someone explicitly handed me money. Yeah and being a 'rush hour' employee meant I often only had 2 or 3 hour shifts at minimum wage so after gas and such was accounted for I was making under 15 dollars a day. But hey that was nearly 2 decades ago but still.
@jamesfair9751
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
So what about that episode Gordon Ramsey found out the owner of one restaurant took all the tips and kept them for himself !!!!
@TheCrossPlayer
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
As a customer I think tip pooling is incredibly stupid. Look I already dislike the fact that servers rely on us for their money rather than their employers, but Iâm still happy to tip MY SERVER cause they do provide me a service. The idea of the money I am literally handing over to the server for them has to be pooled or shared to others who Iâve never seen is utterly ridiculous.
Simply my opinion.
@lrdhawkwind
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
that's very interesting in 2018 2019 and 2020 before things close down for covid. I had friends that work in BOH in upstate New York and they got tipped out by the bartenders and servers. I thought it was kind of strange but evidently they changed the law since then so now what they were doing in theory might be legal very interesting
@abcron3788
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Got recommended this after the short about tipping out the bartenders 3% of sales
@adog6126
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Your Nashccent is coming out a little!
@angeliasalah4271
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
I've worked in restaurants most of my life, but I'm not currently at one. I currently work as a dealer at a casino. I live and work in WNY. Our minimum wage is (I believe) $15/hr here. Most people don't know this, but I am a tipped employee. I make $10/hr plus tips and we tip pool. So, how it works out for us is they work the tips out based on your shift and how many hours you've worked. So if one shift on one day makes $5,000, only that shift for that day splits those tips. But, we do not get tipped out daily. Our tips go into our paychecks and they are taxed, so we don't have to claim them come tax time. Also, they have a system where I don't make under $25/hr. I work 4 – 8 hour shifts a week and we have a 20 minute break every hour. It's all paid. So, at the end of a 4 day week, after taxes, I make between $800 – 1,000. It's honestly the best job I've ever had.
@LinzAudios
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
When I got into the resturaunt industry in tn I was shocked when my coworkers told me what they make just off of hourly pay. I was a hostess so literally made 6x what they made just based off hourly. (I no longer work there tho)
@Theonewithaplanz
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
So does this mean Drew is canon to Bistro Huddy? Since he cheated those characters, is he that universeâs god?
@SkipJack666
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Here's crazy idea, get rid of the tipping system and PAY your employees a LIVING WAGE
Like the REST OF THE WORLD ffs
@izamiazam5723
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Sucks to be Americans. Why can't you just get normal wages like in other countries? The tips should be your extra income because the customer likes your service. The system is very oppressing. I'd love it if I were the employer. đŻ%
@nwrlevi
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
This video gave me the headcanon that the in-universe Drew went on to become a PR Manager for Bistro Huddy or something, since we don't see him as a server anymore.
@OzzyCoop
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
I've always worked back of the house. In Pennsylvania I've been tipped three times. A "this is for the cook, it's almost as good as my mom's" type pf situation. I assumed it was ok since a customer was giving a tip directly to me and not into a pool.
@oleksawallet1194
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Love how Drew is basically Brad without his uniform
@katehache
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Like if your boss ever threatened to take away the tip jar because you werenât splitting the tips with them.
@anthonygallo7302
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
2018 I worked for Smoothie King, cash and cashless tips all went to the owner
They eventually sold
@reneeg9406
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
I knew the place i worked for in '21 was shady…..
Servers were $2.83/hr… Had to tip pool at the end of each shift… And right before i left i found out that the bussers we were pooling for never saw our contribution đĄ
Amd i was a closer (10pm) who had to tip out the same % as people who left at 7… Even though the busser left @8 and i had 2 hours of bussing my own tables+ sweeping and mopping my section after closing
@rubymeaddle
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Tip pooling is asinine, it's bad enough tip credit exists but expecting the tipped employees to subsidize the whole restaurant is ridiculous.
@bobbiechinn9578
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
I live in Kentucky and i served for about 30 years and I stopped serving around 2018. I always had to tip out my backers. Its confusing if you're not familiar.
@nastybug6747
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
2 bucks an hour is insane. And they ask why nobody wants to work anymore đŽ
@CrAzY6tothe6
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
If you re in cali just dont tip or tip only 5 bucks they make regular wage there is no 2 or 7bucks an hour
@NeverwascooL
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Well just learned my current job is breaking the law tipping me out with the kitchen and the GM with thr servers
@franmcwhorter9654
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Well said
@Noodle-Ninja
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Why cant American businesses pay their servers fair wages and give 25 days paid holidays like us here in Europe and Asia? Backwards country
@AfroCurl42
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Just pay your damn workers đ¤Śââď¸
@chrisstehlik7927
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
I'm amazed at the number of different characters that appear in each video and they are all him
@carlytan3202
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
I really think he should be known EVERYWHERE ⤠SOOO INFORMATIVE AND SUPER ACCURATE
@graphic4453
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
itâs crazy how itâs illegal that managers canât take tips and mine takes tips from severs AND the ice cream parlor we have if she âhelped a bunchâ
@wico66
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Honestly, as a former resturant worker, I'm glad I'm not in the US becasue this is confusing as heeeeek
@JoybuzzerX
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Isn't the point of tipping to help cover the wage of those not making minimum wage? If so, why are they still tipping in California if they're required to be paid minimum wage?
@jazlynvasquez516
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 pm
Nvm I got my answer
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