this is why i like to pay cash. you still have to trust the front end is going to share it with the kitchen staff ( and how fair all that is varies ) but it still feels better than the owners skimming off the top
worse of course are services like square who are also skimming off the tips. ( and my understanding is that the percentage take is different/higher for tips versus total bill, though i don’t have any links on that )
at least some states have mandated actual minimum wage + tips. unlike states like florida where it’s gotten worse, allowing employers to keep the tips until it passes some threshold
