r/Serverlife

This is not a debate sub. This is a sub dedicated to FOH workers, and is a place where we can commiserate, help, and support each other. As such, we’re sure you’ve all noticed the anti-tipping trolls, there has been a marked increase of their presence in the last 9 months or so. In order to curtail it the mod team has created a couple of new rules that will be monitored via auto moderators.

New automod rules:

1. no accounts 30 days or younger can post or comment. (The reason should be fairly self evident).

2. Good tip/bad tip (bragging or complaining) posts are only allowed on Tuesdays. We are doing this so we can actively moderate the conversations. If your post is about tip-out, tip-pooling, or legal issues around tips the mods will approve those posts 7 days a week. We will pull posts down that we see slip past the automod if it’s not posted on a Tuesday.

3. There is certain verbiage we see the endtipping crowd use over and over posts and comments that use this verbiage will be flagged for moderator approval. (Not saying what phrases we are flagging, so they can try to get around it.)

The mod team asks that you please don’t feed the trolls! I know it’s hard, they’re so hungry, and we feed people (it’s what we do), but when you engage them THEY REPORT YOU and make moderating the sub even harder. Please just report them and block them. If everyone is blocking them, eventually they just won’t see our posts!

Thanks for you help, we love ya fam!

On Monday, May 13 (aka the classic restaurant worker day off), from 2 to 3pm ET, we (ROC United) are co-hosting an AMA with representatives from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on this subreddit to answer YOUR questions about your right to a workplace free from harassment, discrimination, and retaliation.

The EEOC is a federal agency whose mission is to eradicate unlawful employment discrimination, like sexual harassment, in America’s workplaces. As you all know quite well, workers in the restaurant industry, particularly workers who rely on tips to make an income, account for a disproportionate number of sexual harassment claims filed by the general workforce.

So come with questions about how the EEOC can help you file a claim and how we can all work to make the industry a better place than we found it. If you’d like to ask a question in advance, feel free to reply below and we will add it to the list of questions to answer during the AMA!