GOOD NEWS: Pittsburgh Restaurant Replaces Tips with $35K Salary for Waiters

Being a server isn’t easy — and I write this as an eight-year city trainer veteran of “the place formerly known as ‘the house with flair’ and drones.”

A multitude of problems that can go wrong seem to do so on any given night…and then there’s the pay scale.

Waiting tables is the closest thing to working on commission that many people will ever experience. The mandated wage for servers is only $2.83 an hour…plus tips. You have to rely on other people being generous for your livelihood, and most of the time, that does not happen.

So, one bistro in Pittsburgh decided to buck the trend and err on the side of good workers in such a huge way — they became real employees. 

The tip is one of the most subjective things on the planet.;