Missing from the Oct.15 Style article “No-tipping point: D.
C. eateries test a unique model” were the voices of people who design their living off tips. They will show you that,unlike with cooks and busers, gratuity is the one thing protecting us from getting mistreated by our employers. I waited tables for more than three years, or serving the District’s finest at Restaurant Nora,Proof, Poste and Hill Country. Good tips enabled me to live in this expensive city while surviving a string of unpaid internships that led to my eventual escape from the food industry.
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Source: washingtonpost.com