[memason]

I'd like to know why everyone thinks it's OK for restaurants to pay their employees less than minimum wage.

Why is it that the person who checks you out the grocery store doesn't deserve a tip...they work hard, stand on their feet all day, deal with difficult people, etc. Why is Publix required to pay their employees minimum wage and restaurants not?

Everyone supports tipping, but why do restaurants get a free pass on this??

[BobnBev]

If I read it right, the "Pastor" is a black female, is this correct?

[LndLocked]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

I read the bill to show $34.93 and that is inclusive of the food bill and an 18 % gratuity added to the food bill to become a total of $34.93. What the customer did not do was leave any additional tip and questioned why she was required to leave the first 18 %.

" As justification for giving no tip at all, the pastor referenced an Old Testament passage, which may be the most nefarious use of the Bible to justify atrocities since the Inquisition."

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

I read the bill to show $34.93 and that is inclusive of the food bill and an 18 % gratuity added to the food bill to become a total of $34.93. What the customer did not do was leave any additional tip and questioned why she was required to leave the first 18 %.

I stand corrected.

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by JoeC1947

Maybe he said a pray for the waitress instead.

Maybe she needed to say a prayer for herself.

"Forgive our trespassess as we forgive those who trespass against us".

[JoeC1947]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

I read the bill to show $34.93 and that is inclusive of the food bill and an 18 % gratuity added to the food bill to become a total of $34.93. What the customer did not do was leave any additional tip and questioned why she was required to leave the first 18 %.

Sorry GN but you are reading it wrong. The bill was 34.93 and you can see where 6.29 (18% of 34.93) was crossed out below it and then the pastor wrote the total of 34.93. The total with the 18% would have been 41.19.

The "pastor" is a cheapo.

[JoeC1947]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

Maybe she needed to say a prayer for herself.

"Forgive our trespassess as we forgive those who trespass against us".

Sorry but the waitress did nothing wrong. Besides the fact the the 18% is the restaurants idea not hers.

[JoeC1947]

Originally Posted by memason

I'd like to know why everyone thinks it's OK for restaurants to pay their employees less than minimum wage.

Why is it that the person who checks you out the grocery store doesn't deserve a tip...they work hard, stand on their feet all day, deal with difficult people, etc. Why is Publix required to pay their employees minimum wage and restaurants not?

Everyone supports tipping, but why do restaurants get a free pass on this??

I couldn't agree more.

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by JoeC1947

Sorry but the waitress did nothing wrong. Besides the fact the the 18% is the restaurants idea not hers.

Just to clarify, I meant the woman pastor.

[Suzi]

When I was young, I too was a waitress. My husband waited tables also - we both needed to pay college tuition. So, tips were important. HOWEVER, we both believe that waiters and waitresses should be paid the minimum wage. This whole deal about tipping so that they make enough to live on - should be on the shoulders of the employer - not the public.
Then what the servers make beyond minimum wage would be directly related to the service they provide. How it got the way it currently is......is beyond me.

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by svgephart

When I was young, I too was a waitress. My husband waited tables also - we both needed to pay college tuition. So, tips were important. HOWEVER, we both believe that waiters and waitresses should be paid the minimum wage. This whole deal about tipping so that they make enough to live on - should be on the shoulders of the employer - not the public.
Then what the servers make beyond minimum wage would be directly related to the service they provide. How it got the way it currently is......is beyond me.

[meatthevillages]

Only a select few here in the villages understands tipping. My son works as a server here, and avg 28%-35% tips every night. God has blessed him the ability to make people laugh, enjoy there dining exp. But there are days (Sun) that he avg 11%. This isnt Canada people where they make $12/hr plus tip. These people make $4.39/hr. They rely on there tips to pay there morgages, power, and other needs. For the poeple, as i saidbefore, guess what? inflation happens to them also. Next time you go out, really look to see how hard they are working, remembering what all there tables need, and if they forget something, well think the last time your forgot something. They are not robots programmed not forget, they are human, like you and me. If the chef gets it wrong, did you still get great service? AND WHEN YOU USE COUPONS, YOU TIP ON THE ORIGINAL AMOUT, NOT AFTER THE COUPON IS APPLIED, BEFORE IT IS

[JoeC1947]

Originally Posted by BarryRX

Here's the whole story. The customer who wrote that is a Pastor. When she was notified that the waitresses coworker had taken a picture of what she wrote and posted it, she called up Applebees and demanded that all the managers and the waitress be fired. The backlash against her and her 20 person congregation has been so huge that she has since offered a half-hearted apology, but did not ask the restaurant to give the waitress back her job. There has also been a backlash against Applebees for standing by this abusive customer and not supporting the waitress. This includes petitions and internet discussions about boycotting Applebees.

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[John_W]

I went to spring training opening day on 2/22/2013 at the Disney Complex in Orlando, it's the home of the Atlanta Braves. The game was between the Braves and the Tigers. The stadium and all the buildings in the sports complex are very nice for a spring training stadium, ESPN and Disney own the place.

I was with a group and on the way in we stopped at the ESPN Grill just outside the stadium, I had a hamburger and a Coke, with tax it came to $13 and change. Once inside the stadium I had a draft beer and it was $8. Back at my seat I got some peanuts from the young girl hawking food in the aisles, I bought a bag of peanuts for $3.50, I told her to keep the change and she said, "we're not allowed to accept tips". I guess at those prices they can afford to pay min wage, however in this situation I think the servers would come out ahead accepting tips.