People will stop leaving tips. $15.00 an hour is more than enough to bring your food to the table so you will no longer feel obligated to leave a tip.
“People will stop leaving tips. $15.00 an hour is more than enough to bring your food to the table so you will no longer feel obligated to leave a tip.”
For me, if they implement this law here, tips will become a thing of the past. We ate at a waterfront restaurant in SF recently, and the bill included a separate charge for employee heath benefits, plus an 18% “automatic gratuity” because there were more than six people at the table. The basic bill for the food (for about 15 people) was $343.00, when you add sales tax, HC surcharge, and the “gratuity,” the final total was $457.96. Needless to say, we’re not going to be eating in ANY SF restaurants in the future. And before you Texans start your clucking, this is headed your direction, it’s just a matter of time.
People will stop leaving tips. $15.00 an hour is more than enough to bring your food to the table so you will no longer feel obligated to leave a tip.
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I think that is what I will do...No more tipping at the restaurants once the minimum wage is $15.00/hour...
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