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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Many_Minute6274 on 2026-05-12 21:27:26+00:00.

hi, I work in a small coffee shop in Michigan and was hired with a base pay of 15 an hour. I was told in the interview that would be the hourly wage before tips. The owner did not specify that I would simply make only cash tips. after some checks, I realized that I was only being paid hourly and not having any credit card tips added so I asked a coworker and he said that we don’t get card tips and that we only take home cash tips (at most I go home with $2 in cash tips, the majority of tips are through card). My coworker had told me that when he asked our boss about it our boss became upset, told him he was struggling financially and kept the card tips to put into the business, he then took hours away from him. My coworker suggested that I also don’t make a scene of it, in fear that I also suffer the same consequences. The owner zelles us 15 an hour without taxes taken out, and I feel saddened by the whole thing. I would leave immediately as I find this scummy, but I’m desperately trying to save money and pay off a debt and I feel a bit stuck. am I in the wrong for feeling this way?