"sarah bennett" > wrote in message
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> Doug Kanter wrote:
>> "Goomba38" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>>
>>>Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>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!
>
> saerah

I don't know if it's legal, but it happens.