RE: [vpFREE] Re: Tips [Never Hit a 'Real' Royal]

Can't speak for all states, but in Tennessee eliminating tipping would significantly increase the cost of the food in restaurants. Servers are paid well below minimum-wage in Tennessee -- $2.13 an hour last time I checked. Increasing payroll by a factor of 6 at the very least (servers make far more than minimum wage if they are remotely decent) would impact prices accordingly. When I waited tables many years ago my take-home was about 10 times my hourly rate. I was happy if my actual paycheck covered my withholding on my tip income (unlike most, I always reported by tip income to the dime). Most of those folks get zippo bennies in Tennessee too.

I prefer dining at the same places and tipping well (as a former server myself). I've found that I typically enjoy significantly better service at those places than the anonymous customer. Went to the UK once and tipped the bartender like is the American custom. He tried to return it to me, but I told him I wanted him to have it. You've never seen a more attentive barkeep in your life.

To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
From: ehpee@rogers.com
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 16:29:43 -0700
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Re: Tips [Never Hit a 'Real' Royal]

It's a paradigm shift. If you look at any other non union workplace, the good workers get paid more than the bad workers. Eventually the slackers would be pushed out of the system and you would get good service. There are other countries that don't have tipping, they have service charges or just raise the price of the food. I can go to a burger joint and get great service even though tipping at these places is not the norm. Why not ?

I would find it hard to believe that if one were at an upscale restaurant in an area that did not have tipping that you would get bad service.

Regards

A.P.

--- On Thu, 6/9/11, pumsparky <dianalnagy@aol.com> wrote:

From: pumsparky <dianalnagy@aol.com>
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Tips [Never Hit a 'Real' Royal]
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, June 9, 2011, 6:19 AM

I think there would still be complaints, from the workers themselves. Those that do not pay income tax on their real tip total. And just as any job, as the slackers keep their job, others will follow thinking, I am not doing more than so and so and getting paid the same.

--- On Wed, 6/8/11, Albert Pearson <ehpee@...> wrote:
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