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If the business owner is paying a sub minimum wage and banking on tips to make up for it, then it is the employer screwing a working class person, not a customer that doesn't tip. Most places don't have a big sign on the door stating "our staff relys on your tips you intend to come here." Most customers are clueless to what an employer is paying their employees, expecting a customer to know what places are sub minimum wage and which are not is a bit ridiculous.
This is the norm in America. I would assume this is common knowledge, but even still my comments are directed towards those that admit they know the staff relies on tips, but don't tip anyway because it's "not their job".
Again, if you go to these businesses knowing the majority of the waitstaff's compensation is in the form of tips, and you patronize the business without tipping anyway, you are on the side of the employer. The employer sees zero loss in revenue from your lack of tip. You have formed an alliance with the business owner to exploit the worker.
If you would like to not screw the employee while also not tipping, the answer is simple: do not patronize that business. Contact the owner and let them know you don't plan to return until they pay their staff a living wage. Otherwise, you're just selfishly joining in the exploitation, full stop.
The server minimum wage in my province is $16.55/hr, the base minimum wage is $17.20/hr, a difference of $0.65/hr.
If the server get a $1 tip per hour, they are beating minmum wage. I'm not sure if the numbers are worse in the US but this really doesn't seem that bad. I think servers should be paid the normal minimum wage, but i doubt there are many servers that stay employed at the restaurant making less than $1/hr in tips.
The tipped minimum wage in the US is far less than 96% of non-tipped. Federally it's more like 70% of standard minimum wage, in my state it's about 75%.