The first paragraph of the case says that, were it not for the law, W&C could lower the wages of the wait staff, “potentially all the way down to zero”. But why stop at zero? In the absence of...

The first paragraph of the case says that, were it not for the law, W&C could lower the wages of the wait staff, “potentially all the way down to zero”. But why stop at zero? In the absence of regulation, could the hourly wage ever be negative? Explain what that would mean and whether it would ever happen and make sense, in this production setting or others.