-=> Quoting Alan Ianson to Daryl Stout on 06-11-18  12:09 <=-
 AI> Re: Taxes Was: Senior Discoun
 AI> By: Daryl Stout to ALAN IANSON on Mon Jun 11 2018 12:39 pm

Hi, Alan... I see you've found MEMORIES... I know I've seen (and talked
to you) other echoes... not sure if you've been here yet... :)
 
 DS>> Apparently, folks weren't tipping the servers (who got paid next to
 DS>> nothing anyway).

 AI> A tip is generaly given without claim or demand. I usually tip 10-15%.

Depending on the milieu and the service, we often tip 20%... but then,
our son for a while made his living being waitstaff, and influenced how
we'd tip... we'd leave less if the service wasn't good...

 AI> The 18% you were talking about sounded like a demand. That's a non
 AI> starter, I would find somewhere else to eat.

Lately, I've seen restaurant checks that show at the bottom suggested
tips, showing what the tip would be at 15%, 18% and 20%... that doesn't
bother me so much, since it gives you something to calculate from... As
I told Daryl, some places impose it based on the size of the group...
probably influenced by the stark reality that large groups often tip
very poorly, like less than 10%, or sometimes not at all... I remember
one place though, that when you'd go to pay the bill, they'd let you
take off their imposed tip and pay what you'd prefer to pay....

I'm more upset with places that add the tip to the bill, and don't let
on that they've done it, and unsuspecting persons might tip on top of
that.... often when the service wasn't great at all... that is just
downright deceitful....

 AI> I think that servers should be paid a decent wage to begin with but
 AI> that isn't always the case.

In most cases, the tips are supposed to make up for the indecent wage
being paid them....
 
 DS>> I don't care for the idea of all tips going into a community pot.
 DS>> Then, those who busted their butts off in their job get the same as
 DS>> the slackers.

 AI> I was a dishwasher at one time and was given about $15 a week in tips
 AI> from the pot, apparently. I didn't work there very long.

I know of some places where the dishwashers and busboys are given a
percentage of the total tip take... and some others where the wait staff
voluntarily share some of their tips with the service staff... And I've
known some people who will give a tip along with their bill, and then
also give cash to the waiter/waitress, saying this is for YOU... :)

ttyl       neb

... I always wanted to be a procrastinator, but I kept putting it off...

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20