10-25-2015, 02:11 PM
(10-23-2015, 08:44 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: I thought I read it on yahoo or at&t but can't find it. Basically, his plan is to eliminate tips and instead charge a uniform service charge to all checks. Instead of minimum wage with tips he will offer salary with benefits. The owner will be able to reward the better preforming servers rather than the customer. In theory, it makes sense if the business owner is ethical. I got the impression he cared for his employees and was motivated to do the right thing. However, this has the potential for abuse (like the couple I saw on one of Gordon Ramsey's shows who kept all the tips for themselves.)
To me it sounds like a way to turn the wait staff more into salesmen who will try to the customers to buy the highest priced items.
In law school I worked in the original Ruby Tuesdays (It was more of a bar than a restaurant and it was in the middle of "the strip" on UT campus.) Too many times I saw customers get mad at the wait staff for problems that were actually caused by slows cooks or bartenders. And there are always times when you will get stiffed by broke college students or old people who still think a dollar is a decent tip. It isn't fair for restaurants to get by on paying the wait staff peanuts. It was only $2.01 an hour when I did it, but they claimed taxes based on the tips you should have gotten on your recorded sales. The weakly paycheck was so small it was meaningless.
