"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 12/12/2013 6:13 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>> On 12/11/2013 3:57 PM, sf wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:25:08 -0500, jmcquown >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Now I'm wondering if the requests for the employee holiday gift fund
>>>>> could have been applied towards the dining minimum. I found it rather
>>>>> odd they were requesting money to give the island employees holiday
>>>>> bonuses. Final talley, they'd collected over $75,000 so they could
>>>>> split it and cut bonus checks for the landscapers (not that they take
>>>>> care of our yards), security guards, the folks who work in accounting,
>>>>> etc. Allegedly divided equally.
>>>>>
>>>>> Were these out-of-pocket donations? Or could that have been deducted
>>>>> from the dining minimum, too? I sent an email asking about it. I'm
>>>>> waiting to hear back.
>>>>
>>>> They're sounding like Walmart and them asking customers to contribute
>>>> to Thanksgiving baskets for needy employees! Why don't they pay their
>>>> employees enough to tide them through the year, so you can tip those
>>>> you may wish to tip on your own?
>>>>
>>> That was kind of my thinking about it, sf. I was told it was strictly
>>> out of pocket donations. But really, why do I need to help them pay
>>> their employees? The whole operation makes enough money to pay these
>>> people well. If some individuals did something helpful I'd be happy
>>> to tip them - separately.
>>
>> It is a disgrace if they are saying their employees are so needy they
>> are asking for donations!!! Surely they can't mean that they don't pay
>> enough so want you to make up the difference???? If so I simply can't
>> believe the cheek!
>>
> That's how it sounds to me, Ophelia. They instituted a 20% service charge
> on all meals a couple of years ago, so that's an automatic "tip" for the
> servers, bartenders and kitchen staff. Chances are the servers are only
> earning the federal minumum ($2.13/hr) but the cooks and other kitchen
> staff make more.
>
> In fact, the last time I was in there to pick up my fish & chips (and got
> no chips, bloody fools!), the guy who gave me the free glass of wine said
> he'd been working there since the Club opened. That would mean he's been
> there since the 1980s. No doubt he could have moved on if he wanted to.
>
> I can't think of a single reason why anyone would need to be ponying up
> money for them to give employee bonuses.

Oh I can! More money out of your pocket, more in the pockets of the
shareholders!

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