Doug Kanter wrote:
> "Goomba38" > wrote in message
> . ..
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>>Melba's Jammin' wrote:
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>>
>>>Oh, calm down! LOL!
>>>We usually pay with plastic and put the tip on the card. Problem solved.
>>
>>As I usually do too, but I wonder at times if the waitstaff prefers cash
>>or card? Does it short change them in any way to have it put on the card?
>>Anyone know?
>>Goomba
>
>
> Many restaurants deduct the bank's credit card fee from the waitress' tips.
> They do prefer cash.
>
>

Is that legal? Where I work, and at the pizza shop next door, and at the
restaurant across the way, tips are paid out directly to the employee
earning them. The onus for the credit card fee is on the business, not
the employee!

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