[astro19238_]

Well. You pay rent in dollars not percentage so unless both their pay and the prices are raised according to inflation they will sit at a net loss.

Also since cost of living is getting higher and higher one could assume less people eat out. And then, since it is a percentage, servers loose out on tip

Its not reasonable that owners raise prices when there is less guests.

Neither is them raising pay when business is down.

Hence the least unreasonable option for workers is asking for more tip from guests. Since they spend money eating out it's fair to assume they can afford it and therfore might afford to pay more tip.