Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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What city did you work in where first responders were paid less than minimum wage with the understanding that tipping for their services was customary?
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I, as always, tip according to service received. The menu prices and wages are not set by me. I just decide if I want to come in and eat in the first place. The owner determines the menu prices, and the service determines the tip. Period.
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For what its worth, servers in Villages restaurants make a lot more than $13/hour. More like $30. It is usual for a server working a double shift (lunch and dinner, 11-3, hour break, 4-9) to bring home $250 - $300/day in tips alone after paying out hosts and bussers. The hourly wage is on top of that. Some experienced servers that can handle more tables make more than that.
My data comes from two daughters who work at two different villages restaurants. . |
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I believe you missed the point entirely. Pay people properly for the work they do and a verbal "Thank you" (acknowledgement and appreciation) should be all that is expected. Giving people money for doing their job (tipping) is demeaning. Both to the server and the customer. Food service is honorable work and deserves fair payment, not "tips" like an organ grinders monkey tipping his hat for coins. It's a bribe. It's a scam.
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But as for missing a point…. What you write sounds nice (in an insulting kind of way) but it doesn’t reflect today's reality. Tipping may be a bribe and tipping may be a scam but tipping is customary in the US and tipping often provides a major part of a server’s income.
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Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works. Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so. Victor, NY - Randallstown, MD - Yakima, WA - Stevensville, MD - Village of Hillsborough |
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A person working full time hours at about $10 per hour is earning approximately $20,000 per year.
If you think you could survive on that annual pay, then don't tip at all. Otherwise, cough up some tip money. Personally, I have never understood the concept of tips being used to supplement a worker's pay. No other industry suggests I pay extra for the businesses work force. Restaurants just have awful business plans if they have to rely upon the largesse of their patrons (which they do). |
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The expression used to describe how I view tipping, "in an insulting kind of way", is a reflection of how I feel everytime I am emotionally blackmailed into participating in this caste system practice of rewarding the menials/servants for performing some service out of the goodness of their hearts, or out of fear of rebuke. Waitstaff are very important to restaurants and deserve proper pay based on the difficult and diverse aspects of their jobs, not basesed on the price of the item the customer choice of food. As said in an earlier post, weird business model. |
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What happened to 15% for a tip? They have a built-in system of getting more money - when restaurants raise their prices the tip is raised too. But really I don’t like tipping. For example, we just had a mini-split put in our garage. The guy worked until 8 p.m. Should we have given him a tip? How much?
The idea that some people get tipped and others don’t is bizarre.
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![]() ![]() ![]() When the wife and I eat out, exactly who am I trying to impress when tipping? The server? Someone I'll probably never see again or have them remember me that next time I dine there? I've been lucky enough to have made a good living for the last 40 years. I have no problem sharing some of that. During Covid, I tipped like Ray Liotta in Goodfellas... Why? Because I could. And because those I tipped were having a hard time making ends meet due to Covid restrictions. Oh, and I don't believe in heaven (just like you don't)...
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That's a completely different discussion... But sure. Why not...
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I know people under tipped in TV, but that basically your theory tells the waitstaff they are useless and undeserving.
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