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RE: Tipping in the service industry
September 29, 2018 at 4:40 pm
(September 29, 2018 at 2:13 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: (September 29, 2018 at 8:29 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: What.... wait.... are you in the US. This sounds kind of crazy. I think here, they are taxed on their earnings, the owner, is getting taxed off of what I spent (actually profit from it), but not the server.
I live in the US.
They are taxed on their earnings  . But how are their earnings calculated? In Maryland (when I was a server) the federal gov't taxed 7% of my sales each night. It might be higher now. IDK. You are SUPPOSED to report all your tips. But nobody does. If you enter in 7% of your sales each night as earnings, the gov't won't come asking questions.
And no shit, RR! Listen to Jor. You need to tip more, man. The service industry sucks worse than you think.
You think being a waitress is just bringing food out to the table? Fuck no! There is a ton of prep work involved. And when shit hits the fan, you have to multitask: remind the cooks to have your order ready, maybe prepare salads, get drinks, all the while being bitched out by the owner (a bleach blond, half drunken 40 something with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth) every time you go back to the kitchen.
And don't forget about the side work. Rolling silverware, stacking clean dishes, refilling salad dressings, putting away cups and other tableware, vacuuming, wiping down tables, cleaning the front doors, refilling ketchup bottles and salt and pepper shakers, refilling the sugar packets. All that has to be done during down time - provided there is some. And all for $2.13 an hour. Some restaurants don't even have busboys, so the wait staff has to clean off their own tables. People who think the host lifts a finger to do any grunge work are also in for a surprise. They don't do shit but stand there, wait for customers and walk them to a table. They might run a register, but that's about the extent of what they do.
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RE: Tipping in the service industry
September 29, 2018 at 4:50 pm
(September 29, 2018 at 4:40 pm)Joods Wrote: And don't forget about the side work. Rolling silverware, stacking clean dishes, refilling salad dressings, putting away cups and other tableware, vacuuming, wiping down tables, cleaning the front doors, refilling ketchup bottles and salt and pepper shakers, refilling the sugar packets. All that has to be done during down time - provided there is some. And all for $2.13 an hour. Some restaurants don't even have busboys, so the wait staff has to clean off their own tables. People who think the host lifts a finger to do any grunge work are also in for a surprise. They don't do shit but stand there, wait for customers and walk them to a table. They might run a register, but that's about the extent of what they do.
One place I worked as a bus boy, the bussers had to do the hosting too. It was mainly so the host/manager could go get stoned in his office. Sounds like a raw deal, but when the manager "called you in to his office" you at least had the chance of getting high after he bitched you out.
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RE: Tipping in the service industry
September 29, 2018 at 11:49 pm
(September 29, 2018 at 2:13 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: (September 29, 2018 at 8:29 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: What.... wait.... are you in the US. This sounds kind of crazy. I think here, they are taxed on their earnings, the owner, is getting taxed off of what I spent (actually profit from it), but not the server.
I live in the US.
They are taxed on their earnings . But how are their earnings calculated? In Maryland (when I was a server) the federal gov't taxed 7% of my sales each night. It might be higher now. IDK. You are SUPPOSED to report all your tips. But nobody does. If you enter in 7% of your sales each night as earnings, the gov't won't come asking questions.
And no shit, RR! Listen to Jor. You need to tip more, man. The service industry sucks worse than you think.
You think being a waitress is just bringing food out to the table? Fuck no! There is a ton of prep work involved. And when shit hits the fan, you have to multitask: remind the cooks to have your order ready, maybe prepare salads, get drinks, all the while being bitched out by the owner (a bleach blond, half drunken 40 something with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth) every time you go back to the kitchen.
I do tip fairly well, at least that is what my friends who have waited on me say. I just don't always go with a straight percentage that is always the same.
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RE: Tipping in the service industry
September 30, 2018 at 3:54 am
(September 29, 2018 at 4:50 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: when the manager "called you in to his office" you at least had the chance of getting high after he bitched you out.
That's a lousy benefit.
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RE: Tipping in the service industry
September 30, 2018 at 4:02 am
"Don't swim in shark infested waters" is a suitable tip, right?
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