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Originally Posted by 12clicksMichele
I think the reasoning is that if you pay them less they will give that much better service in order to earn more because they dont have that hourly wage to fall back on. At one point I was earning over 45K a year working 3 days a week.
Think about it, if more peoples week to week paycheck depended on them consistently giving good service you would probably end up dealing with a lot less bitchy sales and customer service people. And imagine the fast food industry!!!!!! LOL
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That reasoning might have been fine except for these places putting "automatic" tips on things. Why in the world would I automatically agree to tip someone just because they are waiting on more than 7 people at a table? They may wait on 100 people per night, who gives a dang if they were all at 1 table or at 50 different tables throughout the evening? Isn't it harder to wait 50 tables than 1?? Why not automatically require a "service fee" (for petes sake at least dont insult everyone calling it an "automatic tip") UNLESS you have at least 8 people in the party?
Most entry jobs fall into the theme "work just hard enough not to get fired for pay thats just high enough so they dont quit". But those get a guaranteed federal minimum wage and aren't service related and tipping is usually not a factor or forbidden anyway.
IMHO the magic "tip" fee is nothing more than a supplement to the wait staffs income that the restaurant is too cheap to pay! And I am unanimous in that.
