danielocha30
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- Jul 10, 2014
if a restaurant charge 18% for gratuity on parties of 6 or more even when the sixth person is a baby, the restaurant should do the same for take out orders of six or more dishes.
Bingo! Take out is fine for a family, but that is where there Manager at Outback failed.$735 for a takeout order? That sounds more like a catering order.
I've been in fast food establishments where, after you place your order, the food is delivered to your table. You leave your trash on the table and they'll clean it up. You're not expected to tip there. It's not that much different than a restaurant.
Sigh. Please read my entire post. I said raise servers up to minimum wage.Employee in fast food establishment: Not a tipped position. Makes at least minimum wage.
Server in a table service restaurant: Tipped position. Their wage paid by the employer is nowhere near minimum wage.
Big, BIG difference.
I've been in fast food establishments where, after you place your order, the food is delivered to your table. You leave your trash on the table and they'll clean it up. You're not expected to tip there. It's not that much different than a restaurant.
Sigh. Please read my entire post. I said raise servers up to minimum wage.
What is the point of tips?
Sorry, I call BS. There have been stories about restaurants (and I think towns) doing away with tipping. Their prices remained the same (or only slightly higher).Meal prices would go up considerably if that were to happen.
It suppose it's going to be more confusing trying to figure out who makes what.
We should have some way of knowing, perhaps.
In this case, though, from the first article:
"Servers, especially at casual chain restaurants, typically make less than the minimum wage, and the difference is made up by tips. Florida’s minimum wage is $8.25 an hour, but the tipped minimum wage is $5.23.
Yoder said that because she spent so much time working on the carryout order, she couldn’t tend to other tables, and made only $18 in tips that day."
And if she only made $18 in tips for the rest of the day, the employer (Outback) would have to pay her the rest to bring her up to the $8.25/hr. The $5.23/hr for tipped servers is expecting the tips to make up the extra $3.02/hr. If it did not, then Outback would be on the hook (as they should be) to bring her up to the FL minimum wage.
Sigh. Please read my entire post. I said raise servers up to minimum wage.
What is the point of tips?
Sorry, I call BS. There have been stories about restaurants (and I think towns) doing away with tipping. Their prices remained the same (or only slightly higher).
Let's do some simple math. Let's say my family goes out to eat and the bill comes to $100. I'm expected to tip 20%, so I'm out of pocket $120.
The restaurant decides to do away with required tipping. They raise their server's wage to the minimum. They raise their meal prices 20% to compensate. Guess what? That meal I paid $120 is now... $120. If I feel the server went above and beyond (or whatever criteria *I* decide), I can decide to tip more. But I shouldn't be given a guilt trip if I don't.
So what makes servers special? Shouldn't the bank teller who does their job well deserve a tip (otherwise known as a bonus)? What about the metal worker? Should they expect a bonus?if they do their job well a tip is definitely expected and deserved.
So in FL waitstaff will make minimum wage?