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Re: [RC] Gettr Shod - Lynne GlazerBarabara--In California, there is something called "allocated tips and commissions" that applies to waitstaff at restaurants. It is a payroll tax designed to account for the extra wages in tips. If the waiter is not making at least that percentage (which used to be 8%) they are taxed on money they aren't making! So I *always* tip in restaurants--it's like sales people who are paid on a base plus commissions. The good ones do (and should) make more for the quality of their service. My shoer gets a nice holiday gift and no tip. When I do computer work, I don't get tipped nor do I expect to, and it's nice to get holiday gifts from some of the clients, some of which I've serviced for 16 years or more. One thing that has always bugged me is the expectation of tipping for cleaning of a hotel room--on a cruise or something you have a personal relationship with the person performing your cabin service, maids in hotels are about as anonymous as it gets--it's not like the room rate is cheap? Lynne "it's a puzzlement"
I'm fine with that. If you need to charge more, a customer should be able to accept that. It's the archaic policy of tipping that really annoys me. The customer is supposed to have a choice whether he tips or not, but in reality he doesn't have a choice, because he will be frowned upon (or worse.) So one leaves the restaurant resenting the compulsory tipping, which isn't supposed to be compulsory but actually is. Take a car or washing machine, for instance. If the manufacturers needs more money to cover costs and make profit (which are the basics of any business), they just charge more. But you don't see customers tipping the manufacturers or the salesmen. It's the principle, not just the money. And I'm with Sandy...restaurants should reduce portion size and pay the difference in profit to the waiters. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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