Um, aren’t tips voluntary and optional?
Pay up, Mr. Pink, ya cheap bastard!
I can see McCoy’s reaction:
What? I left a tip?
Wouldn’t know it the way a lot of waitstaff are acting.
They are. However some bars & restaurants report the sales of bartenders, waiters, and waitresses to the IRS. I don't know if this is an IRS regulation, or just something the company I worked for did to keep the IRS off their back. As I recall (as it's been many years now), the IRS "assumes" that the staff that gets tips will receive a certain percentage, and it's reported as income to the IRS. I seem to recall that the percentage reported when I worked as a waiter was at least 12%. ow, maybe this was because I worked in a place similar to a TGI Fridays, and a national chain, we had to report it. But in this case, the waiter/waitress would be paying FICA, state, and federal tax on $7.12 (given a $60 bill). This is why GOOD wait staff do all they can to make the customer happy. Because the happier the customer, the more the waiter can make.
Mark
Yes, and so is calling out a jerk.
Those IRS comments an excellent reminder. I had some vague idea of the practice, but I never think of that when I read these kinds of stories. A number of poor tippers actually takes money out of her pocket.
And a private matter.