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Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
Except in LA or NY. You will struggle your asses off in LA or NY on $15k. Though, I do remember making less than that when I got to LA in 1999 and I did ok. I had enough money to go out and visit bars and take care of myself.
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
You know, if it's mandatory it's not a tip. It's a serving tax, don't try to bill it as something it's not.
Restaurants cannot levy a tax. It's a charge, it's a gratuity, it's a tip, it's whatever you want to call it, but it's not a tax. I'm not quite sure what people aren't getting about this.
Also we're arguing semantics if the argument is based on whether gratuity or tips can or cannot be compulsory. There is no written law I know that says they must be one way or another. If you agree to pay a gratuity before service, then you should be ready to pay it after service is completed.
If I buy a massage for my girlfriend, they ask if I'd like to add a gratuity to the gift certificate. Obviously I don't know if the massage is going to be rubbish or fantastic, but I add it ahead of time so she doesn't have to tip them. At that point, I've agreed to the price before service. Same thing here.
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I'm not sure why everyone else on that post hates tipping waitresses so much.
In reply to this comment by imstellar28:
My first job was as a bus boy/dishwasher, and the waitresses I worked with made $2.13 an hour - three dollars less than minimum wage at the time. Waitresses don't just keep their tips...they have to "tip out" other people like the bus boy, etc. So as a bus boy, sometimes I would bring home $50 a night in tips from what the waitresses would give me - outside of my regular wages which were above minimum wage.
To this day, as a rule I tip 25-30% on all bills, usually with a minimum of 20%. If the person gives really lousy service - aka - charges me for extra bread etc. I subtract that out of the tip sometimes; otherwise I always tip at least 20% even if they are mediocre. For really good service (especially on low-priced bills) sometimes I'll tip upwards of 50%.
Worst tip I ever gave was -$1.00 yes I actually subtracted money from the bill and signed it on a credit card. The restaurant had a deal "$5 pitchers for domestic drafts" and I had ordered Yuengling...ended up being charged like $9.50 a pitcher when there was a sign at the very bar "Yuengling...America's oldest brewery"
It should be noted that a lot of times people penalize the waitress for problems with the cook. If the food is bad, or wrong, or late - that could be the cook's fault; many times it has nothing to do with the waitress. And if its busy, and/or the restaurant is under-staffed, how is that her fault and why should she be penalized? If it takes one hour to get your food, eat somewhere else don't be a dick to the waitress.
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I have tried to illustrate, however ineffectively, that this is not the case, and that this is an agreed upon service charge (mandatory tip) before the patron begins his dining experience.
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Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
When you order food are you not agreeing on the price for services and goods (without signing a contract)? And it should clearly marked on the menu (and sometimes by the hostess station or on the wall) 'for parties of x or more a y percent gratuity is added'.
Therefore The gratuity is agreed upon before you order. The princes and princesses in this video most likely were well aware of this but made up their mind to protest because their napkins weren't on the table when their food arrives. That's not bad service. That's a simple oversight that would've been easily rectified if given the opportunity instead of them showing their butts.
I don't personally agree with mandatory gratuity, but it exists, and if I agree to eat at the restaurant with a large party, I have to pay for it. Or I could move to a "make better society".
dystopianfuturetoday
In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
I've got to side with the business on this one. If you go to a restaurant that requires you tip, then don't act surprised and angry at the end of the meal when you get your bill.