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Originally Posted by Bill14564
I have tried to explain it but I cannot make you understand it. The customer pays 100% of the employees wage whether through tipping or through higher menu prices.
If you don’t like the concept of tipping then just add 20% to the price and pay a higher menu prices.
But don’t demand the restaurant raise prices for all of us because you can’t understand. I prefer to have at least some small say in the quality of service I receive. I like to show my appreciation and I suspect I get remembered rewarded for that the next time I visit.
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100% of the employee wages, except for servers. Often the "tips" cover (unnecessarily by law) the amount underpaid/withheld by the employer and multiply their income by double, triple or more (if not reported/taxed).
You like to show your appreciation. The restaurant should show you their appreciation. They are the ones that need you in order to survive, not the other way round.
By dumping 20% on the waiter (× howevermany tables per hour) (unnecessarily since employer must cover income not received in tips), you actually hurt the restaurants profit. If not for tipping, restaurants could probably be able to buy better quality ingredients and improve their overall quality for far less than what you now leave the person who has nothing to do with any part of producing the product placed before you. Huge reward for so little input to the food you ordered.