Originally Posted by stratmax (Post 2437006)

Have you noticed the food prices in restaurants have gone up dramatically. I'm not sure everybody knows this but last fall, 2024. Florida enacted a law mandating restaurants pay a base wage of $9.98 to their wait staff and a guarantee of $13/hour when combined with the tips.The law gave restaurants time to change their menu prices so they could pay the base wage.
So, why are we continuing to pay 20% tip when there is already a built in tip in the menu prices?
NOTE: the base wage is also going to go up to $10.98 this fall

Originally Posted by Gpsma (Post 2437559)

I always tip very generously. I feel i need to be among the wanna-be Frank Sinatras of the Villages.

I generally tip 20% up to a max of $5.

I refuse to pay some uneducated dolt with limited ambition to do nothing more than bring plates to my table. Its time to build some tuxedo clad robots and get rid of waitstaff.

Originally Posted by JRcorvette (Post 2437560)

Most people have no idea what the term Tip even means….
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I tip based on the quality of the service (not the food) however a good server will check the food before bringing it out to make sure it is correct.

If you can not afford to leave a decent tip (20%) then stay home and eat.

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 2437471)

Worse still! The restaurant is not just scamming us into subsidizing one employee, we're subsidizing the whole business? Probably the boss gets the biggest cut. After all, the boss is the boss, righ?😧😡🤬

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 2437474)

True. So, when is National No MoreTip Day. I'm ready to reset to open and honest business practices with no pushing responsibility of on the poor, gullible and unsuspecting customer who just wants something to eat. 😋🤗🤢🤮

Originally Posted by Gpsma (Post 2437559)

I always tip very generously. I feel i need to be among the wanna-be Frank Sinatras of the Villages.

I generally tip 20% up to a max of $5.

I refuse to pay some uneducated dolt with limited ambition to do nothing more than bring plates to my table. Its time to build some tuxedo clad robots and get rid of waitstaff.

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2437495)

So what system do you propose that won't leave someone feeling they were screwed?

1. You show above how our current system of tipping based on the price of the food screws someone.

2. We could go to a flat fee per table, maybe $40 for a four-top, but then you will feel screwed when you eat alone but get charged the same amount as the table of four next to you.

3, Perhaps a flat, per-person charge of $10 but that just reverses #1 - the diner gets screwed for ordering just the burger and water and the waiter gets screwed by the picky, needy diner.

4. Perhaps no fee or tipping at all where the owner increases prices 20% which goes directly into the hourly wage of the waiter but then they both get screwed when the diner essentially leaves a 20% tip regardless of the quality of the service and the waiter who gets the crazy busy shift earns no more than the waiter who served only a single customer who ate only a burger and water.

It feels like the push by the non-tippers is for #4 but I expect it won't be nearly as attractive when menu prices are raised to pay for it.

Originally Posted by Gpsma (Post 2437559)

I always tip very generously. I feel i need to be among the wanna-be Frank Sinatras of the Villages.

I generally tip 20% up to a max of $5.

I refuse to pay some uneducated dolt with limited ambition to do nothing more than bring plates to my table. Its time to build some tuxedo clad robots and get rid of waitstaff.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2437572)

That is why you should always tip in cash. Leave the ethics up to the waitstaff - but they'll typically keep the cash tips and not share them, or claim they only got "x" cash tips and kick in a percentage of what they claimed they got, instead of what they actually got.

When the tip is part of a credit/debit card charge, the employees don't receive the tip until the manager has divvied it up and gives it to them (or includes it in their paycheck a week later).

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2437588)

Always tip in cash and leave the ethics up to the waitstaff while fully expecting the waitstaff to cheat on their taxes???? Sounds like exactly the reason to NEVER tip in cash!

I never had a waitstaff job - I never received my pay the day I earned it - I always waited until payday. Worked well enough for me.

Originally Posted by bilcon (Post 2437584)

Thank you for being a first responder, but I am sure that you made a lot more money per hour than the wait staff makes.

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2437408)

You're assuming they work 5 days a week and that Monday/Tuesday nights are just as busy as Friday/Saturday...