tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post6850347291710120502..comments2024-03-27T01:58:17.583+13:00Comments on Tongue Tied 3: jonjayrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13363092874281160320noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-24378746856211330192013-02-12T00:36:31.629+13:002013-02-12T00:36:31.629+13:00You want a tip? EARN IT!
Why is it now-a-days peo...You want a tip? EARN IT!<br /><br />Why is it now-a-days people feel ENTITLED to everything? Tips, welfare, healthcare, education...?<br /><br />If the CUSTOMER wants to leave a tip that should be up to them, not the waitress/waiter or restaurant.<br /><br />And if this is because of the "large party" then state that up front so the customer can decide to have his party els-ware to avoid the extra cost.<br /><br />I guess the days of the "customer is always right" is long gone and now its "You will give me a tip weather you like it (or I earned it) or not!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-89643885767383969082013-02-08T16:43:33.999+13:002013-02-08T16:43:33.999+13:00"Once the government decided that tips were &..."Once the government decided that tips were "income" and therefore had to be reported and subject to tax, employers decided that they shouldn't be required to pay servers minimum wage since tips would cover the difference."<br /><br />This isn't quite true. What the law requires is that if actual tips do not come to normal minimum wage the employer is required to make up the difference. This is why restaurants, not wait staff, love mandatory tips. They don't want to be left actually paying a decent wage.MattSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-66998254499082253252013-02-08T12:19:44.657+13:002013-02-08T12:19:44.657+13:00There are many forward thinking countries where ti...There are many forward thinking countries where tipping does not exist, such as Japan. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-21531527084857043972013-02-08T07:03:54.031+13:002013-02-08T07:03:54.031+13:00Once the government decided that tips were "i...Once the government decided that tips were "income" and therefore had to be reported and subject to tax, employers decided that they shouldn't be required to pay servers minimum wage since tips would cover the difference. The government agreed and thus was born the underpaid serving staff and the consumer who was expected to pay the server's salary instead of leaving a(n) untaxable gift for the server. The more the government gets involved, the more it fouls things up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-26524113181828014872013-02-08T06:38:04.912+13:002013-02-08T06:38:04.912+13:00Restruants shouldnt force their costumers to leave...Restruants shouldnt force their costumers to leave tipsBird of Paradisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-65014755913959893792013-02-08T05:31:05.292+13:002013-02-08T05:31:05.292+13:00The tipping convention, especially in the US, is r...The tipping convention, especially in the US, is ridiculous, especially if the employer expects the employees to rely on them for most or all of their "wages". In many countries the "tip" or service charge, if any, is automatically added to the check at a standard %, and/or customers round up the total as a tip.<br />As a first-time tourist in the US I was confused when a waiter asked if I wanted change to the bills I gave, and he looked visibly astonished when I said "well, yes of course", not realizing one was expected to carefully include the tip first so as not to get any cash back (and I didn't in that case either!). I later saw people with calculators carefully working out what % of the check should be added. Risible!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com