# minimum wage increase

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**Created:** [December 12, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage-increase/265730 "2012-12-12T07:55:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage-increase/265730/7 "2012-12-12T10:48:58Z")

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> [@music management](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/music-management/51252/4):
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> i waited tables and did valet parking all through college. i RARELY ever had a shift under $150 cash, i guess it all depends where you work. i worked in a pretty decent restaurant (not a chain) and did valet parking at some very upscale places
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> as for my point…you don’t pay taxes on any of the cash tips you’re getting, nobody claims them
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> EDIT: i really don’t care for an increase one way or the other. i think it would be impossibly to try to live off minimage wage in either case, and extra $1.25 an hour doesn’t add up to much after 40 hours ($50 a week), i bet it’s still behind inflation/gas prices

Yeah I think location is key. Most of them work at chains. Also it makes a better story to hear about the dick who tipped you 47 cents than the average joe who tipped you 15-20% so I’m sure I’m more likely to hear about the jerks lol.

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