[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

A lot of jobs cab be lousy. And you should realize more than most that it is the employers who use this scam to gouge customers while coming and controlling employees. A tip is a gratuity or gift of gratitude. It is NOT and was never intended as a "commission", which is a sales bonus the [B]employer[B] pays, out of the profit from the sale. Not paying proper competition for work done and passing that responsibility onto a third party, the customer, is (IMHO) irresponsible, unethical, and should be illegal. Unfortunately, the (IMHO) twisted little weasel restaunteurs have recruited many of the servers by allowing tipping to turn into a cash cow which they can take advantage of. Employers in many establishments monitor tips and expect portions to also support other workers. Busses, food runners (the person that appear out of nowhere with your food), and who knows how many others. The business model from Hell.
I go to buy ... a car. I talk to many people and buy a car. I pay for the car and drive away. The business pays it's employees. Not me. The business pays the bonus! NOT ME.

And AGAIN, the solution is very, very simple. When you go to a restaurant that typically accepts tips (not Chipotle or McD's) add 20% to the total and let the business figure out who gets it. As it is, you accuse the business of taking your tip and distributing it in some unknown way... but that is exactly what your car dealer does.

So treat the restaurant like somewhat like your car dealer: Even though the business doesn't take it upon itself to include it, leave 20% more than the bill and let the business distribute it as it chooses.