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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because servers don't want it.

My brother is a professional bartender in DC who routinely makes tips that equal out $50-$60/hr. A slow night for him is leaving with only ~$250 in tips. He makes $600-$800 per night Thur-Sat.

[b]People aren't going to tip with a high hourly wage in place,[/b] and no one who has been in the service industry as a career is going to keep doing it for $17.95/hr.

Service industry workers and restaurant owners tried to tell TPTB that a higher minimum wage would not work for all establishments. For a McDonald's? Sure, but at Le Diplomate, Zaytinya, or The Hamilton, nope. They can't keep their skilled workers at that rate. [/quote]

That is simply false. People who eat out still tip 20%+. Read Tom Sietsema's WP chat. The anecdata is universal.

What happened was that restaurant owners got greedy and thought they could dupe the public into paying a ton of made-up fees. And so a lot of us stopped eating out.

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Not true.  The new line items for “service fees” that never really indicate if that is a tip or covering the general increase in business costs. When I see that fee already tacked on I’m not tipping on top of that.  Theee needs to be more transparency.

As for people whining that businesses should just pay the higher minimum or “they shouldn’t be in business” are idiots. How much are you willing to to pay for burger and beer?   That cost is paid for in the following ways: lay off staff or pass along cost to customer.  If you are fine paying $25 for a burger at a neighborhood joint go right ahead.[/quote]

I'm fine paying what I would have paid otherwise plus 15-20% to cover the cost of the tip because the total amount of money that is coming out of my pocket doesn't change. In fact, I greatly prefer eating at restaurants which have the full cost of the meal - including tips and taxes - in the menu price. Do you enjoy doing all the math in your head before you sit down to order, are you rich enough not to care, or do you get annoyed when the meal ends up costing more than what you thought it would?[/quote]

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