Doug Kanter wrote:
> "sarah bennett" > wrote in message
> t...
>> 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.

When I was on my last trip in February we had to drive to the next county to
buy alcohol. The liquor/wine/beer shop over the county line didn't take
credit cards, period. Why? They didn't want to be charged for the credit
transactions. The guy who worked there told us it was either don't process
credit cards or wind up increasing the cost of that bottle of wine, etc.,
ultimately making the customer pay more. I would guess the restaurants in
the same situation are adding the costs to the menu price, not subtracting
it from the servers tips. The server has no control over the method of
payment a customer chooses to use.

Jill