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Originally Posted by BrianL99
A gift to one person becomes the property of that one person, imHo, and what they agree to do or chose to do with their gift is up to them. Forcing the "gifted" to share their gift is robbery. Forcing them to share their gift under threat of losing their job is extortion
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A "Tip" is not a "gift", it is a voluntary payment for services and it is NOT rendered to a "person", but to a company that person works for. If a server in a "shared tip" environment chooses to keep a cash tip to herself/himself, they are thieves.
Simply to prove the lack of logic to your position: If you pay in cash for an item with a $50 bill and when you get home, you found you were only given change for a $20 bill ... who do you call and who do you hold responsible? If you hand cash to a person who is working at a business, that cash is the property of the business.[/QUOTE]
I would point out that both Federal law and the courts have determined that, when a customer gives a tip to a restaurant server, the tip is the property of the server, not the restaurant. There are a few exceptions where tip pooling is allowed, but they would be exceptions to the general rule.