tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15524874.post-31191495048830913322008-07-18T10:10:00.002-04:002008-07-18T10:21:31.012-04:00I just learned Sonic, apparently in an effort to avoid the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001666.html">minimum wage increase</a>, will start paying newly-hired carhops (the folks who bring your food to the car) a meager $3.15 an hour, or whatever your typical server gets. You know, at places like P.F. Chang's or Nama, where they rely on tips to make a living wage. Although that is also arguable.<div><br /></div><div>What isn't arguable is that Sonic is about to skirt the system and grossly underpay American citizens trying to work. When's the last time you tipped a Sonic carhop? Better yet, Sonic doesn't yet support tipping on the computers at their stores. So you'll have to bring some cash if you're going to tip. That is, if they had told you you're supposed to. From what I'm hearing, they aren't going to change the machines, either.</div><div><br /></div><div>All this while we fret and worry about Belgium buying Budweiser.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15524874-3119149504883091332?l=scruffycity.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Victor Agreda, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00574608056011871536noreply@blogger.com19