• gankouskhan@piefed.zip
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    Servers are just sales people. Their pay is commonly not from wages when in corporate world built up by commissions. Tips are effectively commissions but rather than an agreed upon amount from the employer it’s with the buyer. I hate both equally.

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      3 hours ago

      Sales commissions are still paid directly from the business’ account. Why do restaurants not have to pay their “sales people” directly?

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        Not always. There are sales jobs that are 100% commission, but I’m the same way they do have to ensure you are paid a minimum. The person making the exchange is arbitrary.

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          No sales person was ever paid directly by the business’ customer. It’s always paid from the company’s account.

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              Ok, If I squint really hard I can kind of see where you were trying to say that. Let’s just consider my comments to be a clarification rather than a correction.