Ophelia wrote:
> Julia Altshuler wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> If I am in a restaurant and notice that I am being neglected because
>>> one of my waiter's other customers is throwing bigger tips I have
>>> the option of throwing big tips myself or walking out and never
>>> coming back.
>>
>>
>> I'm not sure I've ever been in a restaurant situation where I thought
>> someone else was getting better service because they were throwing
>> bigger tips. (I've had to think about this one.) Usually bad
>> service is a matter of an incompetent server or incompetent
>> management which puts the server in an impossible situation. I
>> think this is why I'd do away with the whole tipping business if I
>> could wave my magic wand and do it. As far as I can see, tipping is
>> just a complicated and stupid way of paying wages.
>
> Or a way of allowing management to pay low wages

We've been over this topic a million times but what the heck. I also don't
agree with the pay the server next to nothing and leave it up to the patron
to make up the difference. All too often it doesn't happen. Yet the server
is required by law to report tips as a percentage of total sales, whether
they made that much money in tips or not. It's grossly unfair to the
server, especially if they repeatedly get customers who think a 25 cent tip
is perfectly fine for a $50 meal and making the server run their ass off.

Unfortunately, the minimum wage for servers is written into the laws in the
States. Restaurant owners are more than happy to cut a $60/week paycheck
and not care whether the server actually made enough to pay their bills.
It's ridiculous.

Jill