[mosquitobite]

its a gratuity to insure prompt, correct and pleasant service. because as a bartender, who do you think is gonna come first? the stupid waitress that doesn't tip me, or the paying customer at the end of the bar? similar for bussing. whose table is gonna get cleaned first? the waitress who tips the busser or the one who thinks he's lowlife scum that's beneath her?

Exactly the reason top pooling shouldn't be allowed. ALLOW failure. If the waitress doesn't tip, and doesn't get good "help" from the others, she's not going to make good money and thus how long do you think she'll be in the server business? Probably not long.

Now, on the other hand, I can see why a MANAGER of a restaurant would not want this to happen as it is the customer who suffers.

The solution is not tip pooling though, it's to fire or shift the bad servers. *shrug*

[absolootezer0]

it won't hurt the business as much as pooling would. pooling allows those who are less than average make as much as everyone else, that lower class of serice will infuriate customers, and cause other employees to work to the same standards as the least productive employee- that or the good ones will quit. either way, pooling is a long term hurt, where a lousy server is only a short term hurt.