[ctrlmeta]

> They aren’t terribly relevant to the situation where you just ate somewhere that does pay less than minimum wage.

Sorry for being obstuse but I still don't understand. How as a customer I would know whether the place where I ate at is paying less than minimum wage or not?

[RHSeeger]

As a general rule of thumb at almost any restaurant you're likely to visit, they're not. Now you know.

[lazyasciiart]

Depends how much effort you want to put in. Zero? Simply assume that it's true for any restaurant in the US.