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Niagara

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Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 26, 2023, 01:04 PM

Jun 2023

It doesn't help that Reagan and his administration slashed wait staff minimum wages in half, making those workers dependent on tips.

I waited tables at Ponderosa when I was a teen and a manager of mine let me know why I only made half of minimum wage, which was $4.25 at that time. That was the only time he ever told me anything political. I'm not positive, but I believe that he leaned left.

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general question on tipping [View all] stopdiggin Jun 2023 OP

I think it's always best to tip in cash. Think. Again. Jun 2023 #1

I hate tip culture. CrispyQ Jun 2023 #2

Yes, pay the employees, but, they're maybe not paying them well, so NoRethugFriends Jun 2023 #5

agree. the 'pay the workers' line stopdiggin Jun 2023 #16

+1000 Niagara Jun 2023 #9

I think that predated RR. I had a summer job as a busboy back in 1964. At the time minmum wage doc03 Jun 2023 #12

Thank you for sharing this, doc03. Niagara Jun 2023 #13

I found this: sl8 Jun 2023 #19

Good questions, bookmarking intrepidity Jun 2023 #3

It's handled the same way as it is if you wrote the amount on the bill Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2023 #4

thanks. stopdiggin Jun 2023 #17

Always tip cash directly to your server. Owners in the last ten or so years have gotten very ... marble falls Jun 2023 #6

I prefer to tip in cash EYESORE 9001 Jun 2023 #7

Tip-culture is not world wide but is built into the culture of the USA sanatanadharma Jun 2023 #8

They are definitely taxed on tips on CC. Each establishment chooses split. we can do it Jun 2023 #10

Cash tips are almost always pocketed without paying any taxes on it. MichMan Jun 2023 #11

suspect that is true stopdiggin Jun 2023 #18

The cashier at Panera once told my husband that when he enters a tip the employees never beaglelover Jun 2023 #14

I always prefer to use the tip jar and tell the clerk I've tipped into their jar instead wishstar Jun 2023 #15