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It’s time for restaurants to get rid of tips 
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It’s time for restaurants to get rid of tips | Jay Rayner | Life and style | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle ... jay-rayner

I agree with him, it props up a lot of BS such as dire wages, bad feeling between staff, customers, management... those who only had a salad ;)

There shouldn't be any need for it whatsoever.

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Fri Apr 15, 2016 12:02 am
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There's nothing wrong with giving a tip per se, it's just the principle has been utterly abused and is now pretty much meaningless. The expectation of tips (and that as an excuse to pay crap wages) to the point where they are added to the bill before it's even settled is right up there with 'guaranteed bonuses' in The City.


Fri Apr 15, 2016 9:46 am
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Things like service charge should not be included in bills separately but as part of the meal cost IMO. Similarly, tips should not be expected. There was a hoo haa about this because some restaurants weren't passing on tips to employees but pocketing them.

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Nice Guy Eddie: C'mon, throw in a buck!
Mr. Pink: Uh-uh, I don't tip.
Nice Guy Eddie: You don't tip?
Mr. Pink: I don't believe in it.
Nice Guy Eddie: You don't believe in tipping?
Mr. Blue: You know what these chicks make? They make sh!t.
Mr. Pink: Don't give me that. She don't make enough money, she can quit.
Nice Guy Eddie: I don't even know a f****** Jew who'd have the balls to say that. Let me get this straight: you don't ever tip, huh?
Mr. Pink: I don't tip because society says I have to. Alright, I mean I'll tip if somebody really deserves a tip. If they put forth the effort, I'll give them something extra. But I mean, this tipping automatically, it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned they're just doing their job.
Mr. Blue: Hey, this girl was nice.
Mr. Pink: She was OK. But she wasn't anything special.
Mr. Blue: What's special? Take you in the back and suck your ****?
Nice Guy Eddie: I'd go over twelve percent for that.
Mr. Pink: Look, I ordered coffee, alright? And we been here a long f****** time and she's only filled my cup three times. When I order coffee I want it filled six times.
Mr. Blonde: Six times? Well, what if she's too f****** busy?
Mr. Pink: The words "too f****** busy" shouldn't be in a waitress' vocabulary.
Nice Guy Eddie: Excuse me Mr. Pink, but the last f****** thing you need is another cup of coffee.
Mr. Pink: Jesus Christ I mean, these ladies aren't starving to death. They make minimum wage. You know, I used to work minimum wage and when I did I wasn't lucky enough to have a job that society deemed tipworthy.
Mr. Blue: You don't care if they're counting on your tips to live?
Mr. Pink: [rubbing his middle finger and thumb together] You know what this is? The world's smallest violin playing just for the waitresses.
Mr. White: You don't have any idea what you're talking about. These people bust their ass. This is a hard job.
Mr. Pink: So is working at McDonald's, but you don't see anyone tip them, do ya? Why not?, they're serving you food. But no, society says don't tip these guys over here, but tip these guys over here. That's bullsh!t.
Mr. White: Waitressing is the number one occupation for female non-college graduates in this country. It's the one job basically any woman can get, and make a living on. The reason is because of their tips.
Mr. Pink: F*** all that.
Mr. Brown: Jesus Christ.
Mr. Pink: I mean I'm very sorry the government taxes their tips, that's f***** up. That ain't my fault. It would appear to me that waitresses are one of the many groups the government f**** in the *** on a regular basis. If you show me a piece of paper that says the government shouldn't do that, I'll sign it, put it to a vote, I'll vote for it, but what I won't do is play ball. And this non-college bullsh!t you're givin' me, I got two words for that: learn to f****** type, 'cause if you're expecting me to help out with the rent you're in for a big f****** surprise.
Mr. Orange: He's convinced me. Gimme my dollar back!

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