Julia Altshuler wrote:
>
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
> > The worst part is that income tax is based on sales, and he would have been
> > assessed $150 taxable income that he never got.
>
> This is one more reason I would wave my magic wand and get rid of the
> tipping system.
>
> Much as I hate the tipping system, the story of your nephew getting
> stiffed isn't a huge argument against it.

It was just an an example of how the server can get shafted when dealing
with a tightwad like this guy. He was the son of a local wine maker. The
whole family are cheap SOBs.

> The problem in your story is that management was a wimp.

I agree. The restaurant lost money on that one too.

>In my version, when the host complained
> about the food, the manager tells him that he's very sorry that he was
> disappointed. When the host complains louder, the manager tells him
> that he's very sorry and perhaps the host would prefer not to return to
> the restaurant. When the host refuses to pay for the meal, the manager
> calls the police and perhaps takes the jerk to court if necessary. But
> that's my version, not what happened.

It would work for me. The guy is a notoriously cheap SOB, and who needs the
business if he is going to insist on being comped. You don't make money off
people like that.



> Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't income tax based on getting a 7% tip
> on sales? So if a server gets stiffed one time, and tipped 15-20% of
> sales the rest of the time, income tax still works out. (It's been ages
> since I worked as a server, and there was no income tax on tips at that
> time. When I read about the new tax, it was for the U.S.)

Until recently I thought it was only in the US, but my son is a waiter and
bartender in Montreal and he gets income tax deducted from his pay based on
15% of his sales.


PS..... Don't buy Chateau des Charmes wines.