Posted on 11/11/2017 4:35:06 PM PST by simpson96
Last week, an 11-year-old milkshake lover named Bella Venezian was shocked to discover that a mandatory gratuity had been added to her bill at the Wayne Hills Diner in Wayne, New Jersey. Her mom, Melissa, had been to that same diner earlier in the day but did not receive any mysterious charges on her bill. As the local CBS news team soon discovered, the Wayne Hills Diner sometimes applies a “teen tax” when they suspect that younger customers might not tip.
“It’s not how much she paid, it’s the simple fact she didn’t have a choice,” Melissa told CBS 2. “So she was double-tipping the server because she didn’t realize they were adding the tip onto the bill.” The concerned mother also thinks that it wouldn’t be such a big deal if that charge was applied to all the bills, for customers both young and old. “Make it for everybody,” Melissa remarked. “Adults, children, everything.”
When asked about the sneaky charge, the owner of the diner referred the CBS reporter to his lawyer, who explained that kids have been showing up in packs of 20 or 30 people and staying for a long time without tipping. The menu also clearly states that “management reserves the right to add 18 percent gratuity.” Despite this warning, Melissa and Bella Venezian feel slighted and won’t be returning to the Wayne Hills Diner anytime soon.
If you have any strong feelings about the teen tax and whether it’s an acceptable restaurant policy or not, please share them in the comments of this post.
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Tipping is inherently servile.
wait until they start adding 18 percent surcharge to the bill for “canadians”.
I am so bad. My mind just thought of something racist.
TIPS = To Insure Proper Service
That’s always been a lot of hooey.
Giving money AFTER the fact isn’t insuring anything.
I don’t tip because society says I have to. Alright, I mean I’ll tip if somebody really deserves a tip. If they put forth the effort, I’ll give them something extra.
Look at McDonald’s, you don’t see anyone tip them, do ya? Why not? They’re serving you food. But no, society says don’t tip these guys over here, but tip these guys over here. That’s bullshit!
Mr. Pink: Uh-uh, I don't tip.
Nice Guy Eddie: You don't tip?
Mr. Pink: Nah, I don't believe in it.
Nice Guy Eddie: You don't believe in tipping?
Mr. Blue: You know what these chicks make? They make s.
Mr. Pink: Don't give me that. She don't make enough money that she can quit.
Nice Guy Eddie: I don't even know a f'ing Jew who'd have the balls to say that. Let me get this straight: you don't ever tip?
Mr. Pink: I don't tip because society says I have to. All right, if someone deserves a tip, if they really put forth an effort, I'll give them something a little something extra. But this tipping automatically, it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned, they're just doing their job.
Mr. Blue: Hey, our girl was nice.
Mr. Pink: She was okay. She wasn't anything special.
Mr. Blue: What's special? Take you in the back and s your d?
Nice Guy Eddie: I'd go over twelve percent for that.
I was hoping they were already doing that.
The lawyer was probably being PC.
Large groups tend to slide out as individuals without paying their checks.
“Giving money AFTER the fact isn’t insuring anything.”
It is if you go there often.
If I’m new at a place or I know my party will be difficult, I give some tip in advance so they treat us like regulars straight away.
many restaurants put all orders of a large group on one ticket and add an automatic tip.
You’re right about being a repeat customer. I’ll usually tip twenty percent and fifty percent if I want to be remembered.
Of course, what inevitably happens is they’ll either change the waiter’s shift or the waiter quits and takes the institutional memory of my tipping with her.
Their parents send them off with either a credit card or fist full of money so they can “eat with their friends,” as opposed to dining at home or away with whatever family they might be fortunate enough to have.
Kids being kids either don’t even imagine tipping or worse yet, realize they have more money by keeping that tip money!
We know a young woman who works lots of hours at a popular diner and have observed ourselves on many Friday nights, the place is packed with teens.
We asked her if she was stiffed by the kids and she said not often but they do leave the place a mess, are rowdy and rude. We then inquired if she ever gets a tip from them.
She smiled and said, “Every time!” I then asked what she meant and she unashamedly responded, “I always add it to their bills!”
Well played.
L
A tip is a gift. This isn’t tipping.
A gratuity (something given of free will) ceases to be a gratuity when tacked onto the bill and is rather more like a tax or surcharge.
I just wish they treated old people with such disgust who are pretty bad tippers themselves and tend to take advantage of any free coffee or senior discounts and sit for hrs I restaurants...
but teenagers are just fair game to attack and offend...
I mean, these ladies aren’t starving to death. They make minimum wage. You know, I used to work minimum wage and when I did I wasn’t lucky enough to have a job that society deemed tipworthy.
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