(June 8, 2017 at 10:01 am)Nymphadora Wrote:(June 7, 2017 at 8:14 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: If wage plus tips = less than minimum wage, the store is required by law to make up the difference.
I am typically a generous tipper, but I will not patronize an establishment that has any sort of mandatory gratuity and I will leave the tip the service deserves.
I, like many others, would far rather pay higher menu prices than deal with stupid gratuity rules.
I agree. As mentioned, I'm in the service industry too. If I want a great tip, I'd better be doing a great job. That's the incentive to getting better tips. If you're going to treat your customers shitty, you deserve shitty tips. I don't care how bad your day started. Leave that shit at the front door, go do your job, and pick your problems back up when you leave. One part of good work ethics is that you never bring problems that aren't work related, to work. Another part of good work ethics is that you don't carry shit from one bad experience into the next. Every new customer is a chance to be better than the last time. It's not my fault that the last table you had treated you like shit, so don't take that out on the service you are providing to me.
Yup. I have kids I have to take care of too. And if I want better tips, the service I provide better be worth it.
I understand that's how things are, right now... and people better keep with the program.
But, conceptually, don't you think you should just do your job and be paid for it? You're a professional, you get paid and keep your job.
If you do a shitty job, you either take a pay-cut, or you get fired.
Just like in any other job.
Why would some specific jobs dependent on tips to survive? Just because the people in them interact directly with the client? Seems like an excuse for employers not to pay full wages and thus evade taxation.