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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish tipping were illegal. It is a pain. I'd vote for any candidate who said they would make tipping illegal.[/quote] Fine - then you should be ok with a huge increase in your food prices when eating out, because restaurant owners will have to actually pay their servers a wage. Right now, servers basically make $0 per hour after taxes and every dollar they make is from tips. So, are you ok with a 20% increase in the amount you pay at a restaurant. You are cheap and should just eat at home.[/quote] I definitely do not have a problem with this and neither do the customers. It would make much easier. And menus would have honest prices. Some actually do need to know how much something costs before buying. I suspect the wait staff are the ones who oppose this the most. Currently the tax you pay on your earnings do not really reflect your actual income[/quote] Do you really think the waitstaff opposes this most? Seriously? Because at some restaurants, you have to tip out to the other people (bussers, food runners, host, bar) based on an assumed tip percentage. There could be times that you end up walking with almost nothing after tipping out (especially if a server has several tables of people like you in their section during their shift). And about the tax, you almost never will have a situation when you make significantly more (or more at all) than the government assumes you are making. At the end of each shift, you tell your manager how much you made in tips when you cash out (that was the experience I had in several different restaurants in which I waited tables). As for the people saying - "they just bring me my food, that's their job, why should they get an extra reward for doing their job?". Well, bringing you your food and taking your order is not all they do. There is sidework, which can often be tedious and gross (patron in pub restaurants love to clog toilets and barf everywhere), their is dealing with people all day that can sometimes treat you like garbage, it is physically demanding being on your feet for hours on end, etc. it's a very tough job and people sometimes treat you horribly. Seriously, just tip your servers! [/quote]
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