Denny's will most definitely regret tweeting this dank meme
Denny's learned the hard way that sometimes a meme, like its Honey Jalapeño Bacon Sriracha Burger, can burn you in unpleasant ways.
On Thursday, the Slam-centric restaurant chain reminded people to tip their waiters. Which sounds great! Of course you should tip them.
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📂 people
└📁 non-tippers
└📁 heart
└⚠️ this folder is empty— Denny's (@DennysDiner) August 31, 2017
Buuut using a snarky meme to admonish customers for not tipping didn't rub everyone the right way. According to Glassdoor, most Denny's servers make around $5 and change in hourly wages. (The federal minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13, although it's higher in some states like California, where it's $10.)
As FiveThirtyEight noted in March, because the Denny's average check is pretty low, waiters there have to serve more customers to make the minimum wage than, say, a waiter at Olive Garden.
So yes, please tip them. Also, though, Denny's could pay them more.
📂 Denny’s
└📁 Servers
└📁 Livable Wage
└⚠️ This folder is empty https://t.co/0zBKmfnJjZ— jordan 🌹🌹 (@JordanUhl) August 31, 2017
— Alan Duda (@alanduda) August 31, 2017
📂 blaming customers for low wage
└📁 dennys
└📁 spine
└⚠️ this folder is empty— Louis Dominquez (@ElLuisDominguez) August 31, 2017
📂 restaurants
└📁 restaurants that pay new hires $13/hr to start
└📁in-n-out
└💯 in-n-out is the best place to work— Jeffrey Eismann (@jeffeismann) August 31, 2017
hmm... maybe if you cared about your workers you'd pay them a living wage?
— snowmanomics (@snowmanomics) August 31, 2017
Amazing that they didn't see this coming.
— 💀PJM💀 (@pauljmorse) August 31, 2017
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