Posted on 05/12/2016 3:33:35 PM PDT by PAR35
Apparently, the no-tipping test at Joe's Crab Shack isn't working out.
The casual seafood chain announced in November that it had been trying out a no-tipping model in 18 of its restaurants across the country since August.
But less than a year later, the company is moving back to the standard gratuity model in 14 of the test locations.
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"Our customers and staff spoke very loudly [about the policy], and a lot of them voted with their feet," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...
T. I. P. S. To insure prompt service .
I really like Joe’s, but the one near me closed a year ago.
Back in the 70s, I was a waitress at the NY Hilton - I brought in that cash during the week! I’m shocked restaurants would fall for this. Absolutely shocked. And it’s not like waiters and other professionals didn’t warn them.
I see a Nate’s with locations in Addison, Frisco and McKinney; nothing in Richardson. Never ate there.
Going to a restaurant where the gratuity is automatically added in is a guarantee of poor service.
Yep, Circuit City ... remember when they had their own video format they were pushing ... Divx or something like that.
I think tipping makes more sense when thought of in terms of a sales commission. Something I picked up from my daily Mises Institute email a while back.
One would think that tipping with someone else’s money would be a natural. The at the table classes titled ‘buying preprepared food / schooling for recipients of the you deserve it class’ evidently left out a section on tipping and now restaurant prices are skyrocketing. Talk to your waiter waitress friends. PS on the qt of course don’t want to profile #;^(
Ate there a few times back in the 90’s at the I guess the original, he visited every table. Cajun to the bone. Very nice place and not like Razzoo’s or Joe’s.
He used to do live ads on 95.3 (The Range) with the dj brett dillon or the other dude.
The OWNER. I always thought that was pretty cool.
and they risk losing their "Earned" income credit, food stamps, college money etc...
most of their tips are untaxed....a little money untaxed is a greater benefit than a couple of dollars more an hr.
these goofs are going to loose their big tipping payday....and I hope it happens....
Don’t worry about it Joe’s sucks.
The WORST place that I have ever had the bad luck of dining ........ garbage, nasty, service was horrible. I had better seafood from a long john silvers drive up that hadn’t changed their deep fryer oil in a month with a side of free rat meat than Joes Crab Crap....... They closed down in less than a year here. The only thing laundered in that chain is money through tax system due profit losses ..... my opinion / one time experience with joes crab crap shack.
Agree .... my post # 36 this thread. Same experience.......
Hope it was something the waitress had direct control over - I've had a lousy meal and tipped the waitress well even though the "chef" couldn't do anything right.
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