A very good friend of mine is a server at a very popular and very large restaurant.
She and all the servers and bartenders make great money and the majority of customers tip well. However, the majority of their AA customers don't tip and if they do it's not much.
There were days when she would get a majority of the AA customers and it killed her income. Sometimes two days in a row. The same thing would happen to others. One day they would get stuck with a chunk of the AA customers and their income would take a huge hit that day.
In order to fix the problem and make it as fair as possible management put a system in place where AA customers were never put in the same section back to back. This spread the risk amongst all of them as equally as possible. This solution has worked and everyone is fine with it.
I've heard the same thing about the national chain who always advertises ribs. They try really hard not to put AA customers in the same section back to back.
At the end of the work day it's about money so we can provide for our families and lifestyle. The same is true with them type people because they chose to keep more of their money and not tip.
Do people think it's wrong for a business to do this to them type people? Why would it be if the goal is about maximizing our income. They are not being turned away.
My main question is this. Is it illegal?