My entitled manager is stealing all the tips from all the servers at the restaurant I work at.

But after hearing everybody complain about not getting their tips on time, as well as their paychecks

not reflecting that pay difference, I decided to do some investigating and

take things into my own hands. Here's what happened. So I want to start off by

saying that I've worked in restaurants for my entire adult life and I've seen just

about every single tipping arrangement you could even

imagine. From tip jars split between employees by shift to serving tables with

tip-outs for busers, bartenders, and other people involved or even digital tips spread throughout checks exactly by the hours that you worked.

If you can think of it, I've probably experienced it.

In December, I became a manager at a chain corporation that does low amounts of business at this particular location.

Right now it's just me, the franchise owner who just bought the location in November,

and about eight other part-time employees, and it's mostly younger high school first job type of people.

It's a very small staff. According to the younger staff they used to see on their paychecks

their hourly wage and hours worked as well as a separate section for credit card tips.

Well, ever since the new owner took over, those credit card tips have not appeared on their

checks, only their hourly wage.

Since starting my position, for the most part, I have completely taken over the back of house and

kitchen operations.

Although, instead of actually logging an order or an inventory account into a computer

myself, he simply has me record the order on paper and he inputs the order himself.

I have no access to any of the manager functions on our back of house systems besides being able to print labels for food items.

In terms of cash handling, I tend to work in the morning,

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