25% Gratuity plus Tax - Seriously?

[Errakus]

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

It's getting pretty absurd now. 25% is a lot. If I take my wife out to a restaurant here in canada with $30 entrees you're looking at over $100 easily with an appetizer, dessert + 1 alcoholic drink.

I feel like the only two compelling arguments made to the increasing tip scale are that the servers make minimum wage (provincial here) and they have to deal with shitty customer. The latter of the two means in subsidizing someone else's right to be a fuckhead!!

Fair wage
iPad easy-to-use pos systems
Nominal OPTIONAL tip amount for better service

US [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Server wage in IL = Like $2.50 an hour
Regular wage like $10 an hour

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

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

US [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Server wage in IL = Like $2.50 an hour
Regular wage like $10 an hour

Sounds like a great system.


Pay the people who handle your food 50% of what you'd pay a babysitter/hour in 1996.

[Errakus]

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

Sounds like a great system.


Pay the people who handle your food 50% of what you'd pay a babysitter/hour in 1996.

Hey, I don't work in the industry anymore, but some servers make more money than I do. (All depends on where you work) It's also cashed and untaxed as long as it's not on a credit card.

[Sororf]

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

Hey, I don't work in the industry anymore, but some servers make more money than I do. (All depends on where you work) It's also cashed and untaxed as long as it's not on a credit card.

you'll be expected to pay income tax on cash tips. the amount owed is calculated by figuring the % of tips received from credit sales and applying that to cash sales. though I doubt many servers actually do this.

[Tenlaar]

Honestly, I would let loose some harsh words and refuse to pay a 25% gratuity added on to my bill if I wasn't informed of it before hand. Adding an extra quarter of the bill back on top so that the business doesn't have to pay their employees a normal wage? Fuck that noise. Fuck it right in it's stupid bullshit ear.

[Jontheripper]

A stripper will take off her clothes and grind on me for $1. Unfortunately for waitresses, this set the bar exceptionally high for tip-worthy service.

[Tongpow]

20% for 8+ when i waited tables, made my day when retards questioned it and/or when people didn't even notice and tipped me on top of the grat. didn't have to split with kitchen or other waiters who had to help carry out all the food

grinding 2 or 4 tops was better though, big parties always camped your 2 tables put together for a fucking hour n a half at the least

[TheBlackSheep]

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

20% for 8+ when i waited tables, made my day when retards questioned it and/or when people didn't even notice and tipped me on top of the grat. didn't have to split with kitchen or other waiters who had to help carry out all the food

grinding 2 or 4 tops was better though, big parties always camped your 2 tables put together for a fucking hour n a half at the least

I bet you loved big groups of Pentecostals.

[eqholmes]

Why should someone that brings me food get 20% of what I pay for my dinner. Waiters that work 4hr can make as much as me that works at a bank managing 5 other people. And its bullshit that most don't tip out the cooks/dish washers. They get 10 tables over 4 hr. There wage of 9 per hour plus the 15bucks at each table. 186 for four hours. Say they tip out 10%. Still at 160 and if in cash wooooo no taxes or reporting. Basically get a real job and don't expect the ones that do to give you their hard earned money or don't bitch when you get five bucks on a 75tab. If I got tips for dealing with dipshits that want me to reverse fees all day, shit I could afford the 25%.

[Ahldagor]

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

Why should someone that brings me food get 20% of what I pay for my dinner. Waiters that work 4hr can make as much as me that works at a bank managing 5 other people. And its bullshit that most don't tip out the cooks/dish washers. They get 10 tables over 4 hr. There wage of 9 per hour plus the 15bucks at each table. 186 for four hours. Say they tip out 10%. Still at 160 and if in cash wooooo no taxes or reporting. Basically get a real job and don't expect the ones that do to give you their hard earned money or don't bitch when you get five bucks on a 75tab. If I got tips for dealing with dipshits that want me to reverse fees all day, shit I could afford the 25%.

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