tips are not obligatory.
$131 meal is enough, paying extra is stupid
If the restaurant isn’t paying the waitstaff, it ain;t the customers fault
Obama voter?
“tips are not obligatory.”
Unless you have a sense of class.
When you go to an establishment like this, it is understood that part of the bill is a tip to the person that waited on you. That is part of their salary.
That 131.00 might have to pay for the food, utilities, taxes, chef and cook staff. It was just wrong to walk out and pay nothing.
Who knew FR was so full of occutards?
The restaurant needs to include the tip in the bill or STFU.
“If the restaurant isnt paying the waitstaff, it ain;t the customers fault”
You know that the IRS assumes a certain tip when calculating this person’s taxes, right? So, she is going to LOSE money for this (apparently good) work. Are you OK with that?
What Planet do You come from!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wait Staff is paid $1.00 0r $ 2.00 an hour! They are expected to earn their income thru their Excellent Service!
I pray I get the honor of serving YOU some day! You WILL have the most miserable experience of your entire life!
Is your last name by chance, BIDEN?
Wait staff are not paid the same hourly rates as, for instance, retail or fast food workers, and minimum wage is not applied. They make considerably less as tips are part of their income. Additionally, after they changed the tips tax laws some years ago, a percentage of the restaurant’s income is used to calculate what the government has decided you earned in tips. This will be on your W-2 and you will pay taxes on it.
Banquet halls or catered events etc are not the same and while you can earn a tip from whoever hired the venue it is not normally part of your pay.
So don’t be a jerk, and tip a server in a restaurant based on the level of service you received, taking into account that many things are not controlled by your server, including whether the food is any good or not.
I think it’s “interesting” (not speaking of you in particular) that many people wouldn’t dream of not tipping a bartender have no problem stiffing the waitress at the neighborhood restaurant.