>And yet, if you polled waitrons and barkeeps, I'd bet
>you a pint of BEER (ob. beer) that they would
>overwhelmingly prefer the current system of
>sub-minimum wage + percentage-of-tab tips to the
>only alternative: minimum wage + nominal tips.

Neither The Submarine Captain nor I was presenting that choice.

If we're making up fictitious choices, how about offering the wait
staff, collectively, 50% of the profits?

vince norris