For students that have jobs as servers, waiters, waitresses and delivery people, college can be stressful.

A number of students at the University have a job; everywhere from on-campus jobs like at the library and off campus jobs like at Buffalo Wild Wings. But there’s a difference between the money that regular workers make than that of servers.

“In general, delivery people and servers make about $4.50 an hour, which is different from minimum wage,” said Spencer Calcamuggio, delivery driver for The Cookie Jar and student at the University. “But with tips, I usually make around $10 an hour on an average night.”

Senior Allison Bailey, who works at Mr. Spots in downtown Bowling Green, said that her payment method is slightly different.

“At Spots, since we’re not really servers, we make minimum wage plus tips split up between workers on the counter and grill,” said Bailey. “So on a weekend, I’d make around $85 in an 8.5 hour shift. But on a weekday from a four hour shift, I’d only make about $36.”

Sophomore Amanda De Long works at Cracker Barrel in Perrysburg and said it’s usually pretty busy.

“Without tips, I usually make $30-$40 a week. With tips, I can make up to $45 on a week day and on Saturday and Sundays I have made up to $175 in one day. But the shifts are usually eight hours.”

For most students, the busiest shifts occur on the weekends.

“We’re definitely busiest during bar rushes, Friday and Saturday night dinners and Sunday games,” said Bailey.

Cracker Barrel is often full of families on the weekend, said De Long, especially Sundays because people eat breakfast and come back after church.

“For Cookie Jar, we’re busy on Friday and Saturdays, but if we have a popular Cookie of the Day during the week, that day will be busy too,” said Calcamuggio.

In general, people are supposed to tip 10 percent or more after their meal, but amounts vary greatly.

“I usually tip 10 percent or so,” said sophomore Matthew Murray.

Senior Zachariah Davis said he tips 10 percent and service plays a major part.

“A lot of it depends on the attitude of the person serving me,” said Davis.

A lot of students tip different amounts, if any at all. “Students tip anywhere from $0-2. I rarely see a big tip from a student,”

said Bailey.

De Long said 15 percent is the typical amount, but students usually don’t tip.

“Unless it’s a guy and his date, students usually don’t tip,” said De Long said. “The last group of college students I had gave me what they had in their pockets, which was lint and gum.”

For Calcamuggio, tips work slightly differently but he said he gets tipped mostly in cash when he does.

“If a customer pays with a credit card over the phone we ask them if they would like to leave a tip for their delivery driver, and if they do leave a tip then that money goes to the person who delivers the cookies. If a customer pays in cash then whatever they give the driver to keep after we hand them their change is also our tip,” he said.

Tips and wages affect workers’ paychecks differently, which could fair either greatly or negatively when a student is paying their way through school.

“When we are on the shift as a driver we get $4.50 per hour, and our paycheck includes the $4.50 an hour for each hour we work as a driver. I use some of this money to pay for school, so tips are very appreciated,” Calcamuggio said.

De Long said weather and the rate of busyness the night has affects her paycheck.

“I’m paying my way through school and other things, so tips and wages are a hit or miss,” she said. “If you have a night that the weather is bad, like we have recently.. Then there might be slower business. If you don’t make at least minimum wage with your waitress salary tips per hour, then you make $8.10 an hour (Waitress salary is 4.05).”