Comments on: Tip Log: The Legality of Auto-Gratuity http://foobooz.com/2008/01/tip-log-the-legality-of-auto-gratuity/ Your guide to food, drink and deals in Philadelphia Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:04:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Yes http://foobooz.com/2008/01/tip-log-the-legality-of-auto-gratuity/comment-page-1/#comment-56422 Yes Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:34:40 +0000 http://foobooz.com/2008/01/tip-log-the-legality-of-auto-gratuity/#comment-56422 I think NO the one with the second comment is a greedy underpaid office worker, if you dont know a lot of servers make way more that the minimum wage, do your research and you will find out that some of them make 2 or 3 times more than you. So the fact that someone is waiting tables does not means that they have a lack of leaving wage. Why dont you bitch when you go to tryal for a misdemeanor and you pay your lawyer 30 times the court fee. Because you think they are smarter than you even though they might not be. So dont underestimate just beacuse you think you are too smart. Dont talk about something that you ignore. Simple as that. I think NO the one with the second comment is a greedy underpaid office worker, if you dont know a lot of servers make way more that the minimum wage, do your research and you will find out that some of them make 2 or 3 times more than you. So the fact that someone is waiting tables does not means that they have a lack of leaving wage. Why dont you bitch when you go to tryal for a misdemeanor and you pay your lawyer 30 times the court fee. Because you think they are smarter than you even though they might not be. So dont underestimate just beacuse you think you are too smart. Dont talk about something that you ignore. Simple as that.

]]> By: No http://foobooz.com/2008/01/tip-log-the-legality-of-auto-gratuity/comment-page-1/#comment-55982 No Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:58:27 +0000 http://foobooz.com/2008/01/tip-log-the-legality-of-auto-gratuity/#comment-55982 No, a 15-20% tip is NOT always required. It is not the customer's fault that a server does not make at least minimum wage, it is the restaurant's. Forcing your customers to add a large chunk onto their bill as a gratuity to cover this person's lack of living wage is rude. A tip is a reward for GOOD SERVICE, not something that you absolutely MUST pay. If someone provides POOR SERVICE, then they're not deserving of a gratuity. Simple as that. No, a 15-20% tip is NOT always required. It is not the customer’s fault that a server does not make at least minimum wage, it is the restaurant’s. Forcing your customers to add a large chunk onto their bill as a gratuity to cover this person’s lack of living wage is rude. A tip is a reward for GOOD SERVICE, not something that you absolutely MUST pay. If someone provides POOR SERVICE, then they’re not deserving of a gratuity. Simple as that.

]]> By: Tyler http://foobooz.com/2008/01/tip-log-the-legality-of-auto-gratuity/comment-page-1/#comment-55469 Tyler Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:08:29 +0000 http://foobooz.com/2008/01/tip-log-the-legality-of-auto-gratuity/#comment-55469 As a firm believer in the power of talking to a manager (something that arose from being a former retail manager and knowing that the policy is almost always "give in to the crazy demands of your annoying customers"), I think this sounds like an excellent idea. Of course, my policy is to always tip 15-20% regardless of service and make sure the manager knows if the service has been poor. No reason to stiff someone on a living wage just because they suck at their job, especially since I spend most of the time at my job commenting on sites like this. As a firm believer in the power of talking to a manager (something that arose from being a former retail manager and knowing that the policy is almost always “give in to the crazy demands of your annoying customers”), I think this sounds like an excellent idea.

Of course, my policy is to always tip 15-20% regardless of service and make sure the manager knows if the service has been poor. No reason to stiff someone on a living wage just because they suck at their job, especially since I spend most of the time at my job commenting on sites like this.

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