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Ed Pawlowski[_5_]

On 12/8/2018 6:12 PM, wrote:
> On Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 4:46:16 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> I remain perplexed by the attitudes that I see being expressed here.
>> People feel obliged to leave a tip that is based on a percentage of the
>> cost of their meal and drinks, some claiming to tip 30% or more, but
>> reject the suggestion that the price of service being included in the
>> meal. They prefer to pay a percentage of their bill as a voluntary
>> gratuity to having a smaller amount added to the menu price.
>>
> I don't like the tip automatically to the bill. The waitstaff know they
> will receive a tip whether they are an attentive waiter or one who dis-
> appears after the food has been delivered.
>>

Should not make a difference. Good employees are always good, bad don't
care at any time. Just like the typical wage earner, you know you are
getting paid at the end of the week, but you also know that if you don't
do a good job you will be gone.

We have a restaurant in our area that does not allow tipping. I'd call
it a way above average experience and the staff is top notch. I have no
idea what they are paid, but it has to be good. They closed when the
children retired after the parents opened it 55 years earlier.

You have to pay the staff what they would make when tipped though, or
you lose them.