Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Which doesn't change anything I said.You choose to tip or not.
You choose to go to a restaurant.
The restaurant still pays them less than they otherwise would.
I wonder about that: why don't they get paid minimum wage?
What type of loop hole exists for them not to have to pay them minimum wage?
Originally posted by dadudemon
I don't understand your comparison.
Taking a good or service and not upholding the part of the contract where you pay for said good or service. It's voluntary every time except that the waiter cannot legally enforce the contract, really tipping is less extortion than paying for anything else since it's not robbery in the eyes of the law.
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Which doesn't change anything I said.You choose to tip or not.
You choose to go to a restaurant.
The restaurant still pays them less than they otherwise would.
I couldn't give a rats ass they don't get paid a lot. Not my problem.
And I do chose what I do, that however does not change anything I said in my original post, which indicates that the culture of tipping is bullshit.
Which it is.
End.
Originally posted by dadudemon
I wonder about that: why don't they get paid minimum wage?What type of loop hole exists for them not to have to pay them minimum wage?
That's not what I mean. If a restaurant forbid accepting tips they would have to raise wages to get any waiters. Tipping costs you nothing in America.
Originally posted by lil bitchiness
I couldn't give a rats ass they don't get paid a lot. Not my problem.And I do chose what I do, that however does not change anything I said in my original post, which indicates that the culture of tipping is bullshit.
Which it is.
End.
No it's not.
END. (the capitals make it more true)
Originally posted by Symmetric ChaosThat's the problem, though. I'd personally feel better paying a bit more for a meal to cover a server's extra pay than be made to feel obligated to simply hand them money in the name of exemplary service.
That's not what I mean. If a restaurant forbid accepting tips they would have to raise wages to get any waiters. Tipping costs you nothing in America.
At McDonald's, the workers at the cash desk are forbidden to accept tips. Their pay is minimum wage.
Originally posted by dadudemon
I am dead serious when I say I debated capital or no captial, before submitting. I decided to capitalize since it was the start of the sentence and your name is a word-name, with a missing leter.
The M would have been capitalized. The second letter of a word is not capitalized at the beginning of a paragraph.
Originally posted by chomperx9
if you can read each others stuff then there shouldn't be a biggy over capitalization or missing one letter. oooo big deal for not hitting shift
I take this deathly seriously
Tipping is offensive in parts of the world? Never knew that.
I tip according to service. If a waiter/waitress at a restaraunt is nice, if they go outta their way to accomodate, I tip 15ish%, even if the food is crappy.
I don't tip pizza drivers.
I don't tip taxi drivers.
I Come to think of it, the only people I tip are waiters/waitresses.
Tipping can be non monetary, also. I get free food from my hotel guests all the time. The local police come by and eat out continental breakfast every morning. I get offered concert tickets left and right.
Originally posted by inimalist
The M would have been capitalized. The second letter of a word is not capitalized at the beginning of a paragraph.
Since it's a name, though, the "first" letter doesn't exist, and we start with "i", so I'm figuring on capitlizing it.
I originally typed it lower case. I hit preview, and it just looked wrong. I didn't want my post to start resembling chomper's. (No offense, chomper)
Originally posted by inimalist
I take this deathly seriously
Yeah right. A bowl or two later and the only thing you'll care about is a bag of dorritos.
I've never understood the culture of tipping. In europe (a few parts ive been to anyways) it's not the done thing, nor is it expected. Coming to canada i honestly wondered how the hell am i going to learn how to tip, how much is enough etc...
seriously, i know some people need the money, and on occasion i have tipped a little, but telling me i'm expected to pay extra for a service i already paid for just seems, i dunno, silly.
Originally posted by chomperx9
if you eat in at whataburger they bring you your oder to your table. how come your not supposed to tip them and im sure they make less then what waiters get at a nice restaraunt.
YOU DON'T TIP THEM! YOU EVIL MAN, YOU!
And, just so you guys know, this is why I chose 20% to tip:
Just move the decimal over to the left, one place. Then double the resulting number.
For something that totals 65.24.
that's 6.52
Double it.
13.04 <----that's your tip.
It's quick and easy and it makes you look smart to people busting their brains to calculate it.
For those of you who want to round down to 18%.
Do what I did above to find the 20%.
Then, move the decimal over one more place to get the amount that you subtract from 13.04.
So,
13.04-1.30 = 11.74
11.74= 65.24*.18
It seems complicated, but it's not. It're real easy, as long as you can move a decimal and do 2nd grade math.