25% Gratuity plus Tax - Seriously?

[MrSparkle001]

Originally Posted by Burrito [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Imagine if restaurants just paid their employees a normal salary and nobody had to tip anymore.

You'd spend $50 on a small steak dinner then and nobody would go out to eat.

[Formshifter]

Originally Posted by MrSparkle001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You'd spend $50 on a small steak dinner then and nobody would go out to eat.

Commoners would, but those rich and dumb enough to pay hundreds for a 6 course meal consisting of about 8 bites of food would.

[DetroitVelvetSmooth]

Originally Posted by MrSparkle001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You'd spend $50 on a small steak dinner then and nobody would go out to eat.

The price of the food would go up 15-20% is what would happen. And the kitchen would also riot ever as the cooks finally realize that they all make 12 bucks an hour while all the servers make more than double that. One of the more wildly overpaid jobs in the world is food delivery engineer in case people were unaware. Made possible by widespread abuse of illegal immigrant workers!

[TheBlackSheep]

This begs the question. With this trend towards raising the minimum wage into the $10 an hour range that is sweeping some of the states, I assume the hourly wage for wait staff would increase as would the cost of the menu as a whole. Adding gratuity becomes an even more annoying practice that could really hurt the restaurant business.