On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:21:08 GMT, "Richard Neidich"
> wrote:


>Imagine if this was any other industry...your accountant...I only pay you
>what I want--Yeah Right!~!! Your attorney...your doctor....your auto
>mechanic...parts plus what I want to.

See the following link in today's Seattle P-I.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...tipping30.html
It looks like I'm the only one who isn't getting tipped, even though I
always provided excellent service. Maybe I need a lower paying job.

Btw, here's their poll results on the subject:

How much do you usually tip when you dine out? (Total Votes: 4456)

4.9% 10% or less
4.3% 12%
36.2% 15%
22.6% 18%
30.0% 20% or more
0.8% Never tip at all
1.2% Never dine anywhere they expect tips

So clearly we're not a nation of cheapskates. Ot at least the 4,456
P-I readers aren't.

>At Chez Panisse in Berkley California they did the same thing. I asked
>about it cause it was first time I had seen it like that and they said the
>all get health benefits now, have disability and life insurance.....etc....
>
>I think it make a nice statement about the restaurant.

No, it makes a nice statement about the employer's willingness to
provide for his/her employees. That's how you keep good ones. That's
why hardly anybody ever quits Costco, and the customer service is
almost always excellent.

Mandatory tipping isn't a tip, it's a surcharge. Just because I always
tip well doesn't mean I should have to relinquish the option of not
tipping at all if the service sucks.

JJ