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hello out there,
I am of the opinion that tipping practices in the US, at least my part of the US have gone overboard. what do you think of making employers jack up their employees pay (and the cost of their services) by whatever percentage say 15% and forbid tipping. Nobody tips the lawyer, the graphic designer, the teacher, the librarian, the grocery store check out clerk, the admin assistant, the traffic cop, the Walgreens checkout clerk or a million other jobs. Why this selective situation where we subsidize the paycheck of certain job categories. Yes prices will rise. But we are paying it anyway. please let me know what you think. thanks tina |
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I think you are going to start another 10,000 messages thread that'll not
amount to anything. "tina lekas miller" wrote in message om... hello out there, I am of the opinion that tipping practices in the US, at least my part of the US have gone overboard. what do you think of making employers jack up their employees pay (and the cost of their services) by whatever percentage say 15% and forbid tipping. Nobody tips the lawyer, the graphic designer, the teacher, the librarian, the grocery store check out clerk, the admin assistant, the traffic cop, the Walgreens checkout clerk or a million other jobs. Why this selective situation where we subsidize the paycheck of certain job categories. Yes prices will rise. But we are paying it anyway. please let me know what you think. thanks tina |
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"tina lekas miller" wrote in message om... hello out there, I am of the opinion that tipping practices in the US, at least my part of the US have gone overboard. what do you think of making employers jack up their employees pay (and the cost of their services) by whatever percentage say 15% and forbid tipping. Nobody tips the lawyer, the graphic designer, the teacher, the librarian, the grocery store check out clerk, the admin assistant, the traffic cop, the Walgreens checkout clerk or a million other jobs. Why this selective situation where we subsidize the paycheck of certain job categories. Yes prices will rise. But we are paying it anyway. please let me know what you think. thanks tina Right on Tina. If this trend continues next thing the bus driver wants a tip for stopping gently. And what also irks me is that the hardworking waitress has to hand over part of the money she earned to the snooty, nose up in the air, headwaiter or Maitre d. I am sure the ten or twenty that someone slips him, because they arrived without reservations, is not being shared with the waiters and busboys. JTK |
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Thanks for the "tip." :c)
"Peter L" wrote in message ... I think you are going to start another 10,000 messages thread that'll not amount to anything. "tina lekas miller" wrote in message om... hello out there, I am of the opinion that tipping practices in the US, at least my part of the US have gone overboard. what do you think of making employers jack up their employees pay (and the cost of their services) by whatever percentage say 15% and forbid tipping. Nobody tips the lawyer, the graphic designer, the teacher, the librarian, the grocery store check out clerk, the admin assistant, the traffic cop, the Walgreens checkout clerk or a million other jobs. Why this selective situation where we subsidize the paycheck of certain job categories. Yes prices will rise. But we are paying it anyway. please let me know what you think. thanks tina |
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Hatunen wrote in message . ..
(tina lekas miller) wrote: what do you think of making employers jack up their employees pay (and the cost of their services) by whatever percentage say 15% and forbid tipping. They will quickly lose business because their menu prices will be significantly higher. It also removes my ability to let the waiter know he's done a poor job by leaving a 5-cent tip. In another thread, I somewhat answered the question posed. I've had almost two hours to think about it and, based on what I said in the other thread, have concluded that the increase in prices wouldn't be significant. Here's the $15 meal to which I refer'd ($13.90+$1.10 tax at 8%): Soup: $2.00 an increase from $1.75 Salad: $2.00 an increase from $1.75 Entrée: $7.00 an increase from $6.75 Dessert: $1.75 an increase from $1.50 Coffee: $1.15 an increase from $0.95 New amount: $13.90; old amount: $12.70, a net increase of $1.28. Big deal! That's about a nine percent increase for a meal but, if you read the other post, it would allow for a wage increase from $2 to $8. Who among us would protest? Who among us couldn't afford it? Who among us would even notice? In San Francisco, you can get a rather nice meal for $15. This evening in North Beach, I paid only $12 including a tip greater than 20% for a meal that was delicious, nutritious, and more than filling. __________________________________________________ __________ A San Franciscan in (where else?) San Francisco http://geocities.com/dancefest/ http://geocities.com/iconoc/ ICQ: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/19098103 IClast at SFbay Net |
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tina lekas miller wrote:
hello out there, I am of the opinion that tipping practices in the US, at least my part of the US have gone overboard. what do you think of making employers jack up their employees pay (and the cost of their services) by whatever percentage say 15% and forbid tipping. No matter what I think (and I'd prefer that they add service to the prices and let me round up, like they do in Germany, to acknowledge good service) it is not going to happen. -- Julie ********** Check out my Travel Pages (non-commercial) at http://www.dragonsholm.org/travel.htm |
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what do you think of making employers
jack up their employees pay...15% and forbid tipping I don't think the government would ever pass a law *forbidding* tipping of restaurant workers, but they could could amend the law to require restaurants to pay at least minimum wage. If that happened, most restaurant patrons would probably voluntarily chose not to tip as much, or at all. Don't think that's likely to happen, though, as there would be tremendous resistance from many businesses. And my guess is that many restaurant employees would not be in favor of such a law either, as they might end up making less under that plan, not more. James ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Remove "NOSPAM" from my address when sending me e-mail. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ - |
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On 21 Oct 2003 13:28:11 GMT, Juliana L Holm
wrote: tina lekas miller wrote: hello out there, I am of the opinion that tipping practices in the US, at least my part of the US have gone overboard. what do you think of making employers jack up their employees pay (and the cost of their services) by whatever percentage say 15% and forbid tipping. No matter what I think (and I'd prefer that they add service to the prices and let me round up, like they do in Germany, to acknowledge good service) it is not going to happen. I generally prefer the European practice myself, but the probability of getting the American restaurants and waiters to change is between slim and none so it's mostly ****ing upwind. ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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