10-24-2015, 11:26 AM
(10-24-2015, 01:58 AM)RICHMONDBENGAL_07 Wrote: I don't know. I mean I get what they're saying in the article, but like it said tipping is a cultural thing. It would depend on how the servers are being compensated. I do like the idea of a service charge of 15% with room to add more. A lot of restaurants do that now with large parties of eight or more people (it's usually 18% though). Some customers like it, some don't, and even if the gratuity is added and you don't like it they can remove it and then you can proceed with screwing your server as you wish. As it stands though most servers will bust their ass trying to get that 20%. Just like any profession though there are some that just aren't good at it, they don't usually last long.
What I don't understand is what restaurant would do this because the restaurant can pay a large majority of its staff peanuts, while counting on customers to make up for it.
I don't know how I feel about it. I guess it would come down to how the servers were to be compensated.
When I read the title of the article I read I thought, "What a scumbag." But, when I read his reasoning he changed my mind.
