Tipping has its roots in the idea of "Oh, this guy doesn't get paid much, and I want him to/he already did an extra nice job for me, so I'll toss him a few extra bucks."
Minimum wage is the amount a business must pay to an employee. Tips are intended to be outside of the employer-employee relationship- it's something solely between the employee and the customer.
When an employer counts tips as pay, its effectively confiscating the tips, and then giving them back to the employee i.e. forcing itself into a relationship it has no part of.
This COULD be fine, except most restaurants and the like then use this excuse as "Oh! You're already being paid a bit over minimum wage because of all of these people who are giving you extra money because they know you don't make much. So, we're going to use that as an excuse to pay you less."
All employees should be paid at least minimum wage out of the pockets of their employer. Anything I tip is "extra" for the employee, and has no business going into the employer's hands.
Minimum wage is the amount a business must pay to an employee. Tips are intended to be outside of the employer-employee relationship- it's something solely between the employee and the customer.
When an employer counts tips as pay, its effectively confiscating the tips, and then giving them back to the employee i.e. forcing itself into a relationship it has no part of.
This COULD be fine, except most restaurants and the like then use this excuse as "Oh! You're already being paid a bit over minimum wage because of all of these people who are giving you extra money because they know you don't make much. So, we're going to use that as an excuse to pay you less."
All employees should be paid at least minimum wage out of the pockets of their employer. Anything I tip is "extra" for the employee, and has no business going into the employer's hands.
I amuse myself.
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Re: I tip unless the service has been very bad. (I'm mostly unemployed.)
26/02/2010 06:45:01 AM
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26/02/2010 06:53:43 AM
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I don't tip. It's a cultural thing, it's not common to tip here. *NM*
26/02/2010 07:05:47 AM
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It INFURIATES me that tips are reported and taxed
26/02/2010 07:15:43 AM
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No it is just another way of being compensated
26/02/2010 02:20:37 PM
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Businesses compensate employees
27/02/2010 07:08:12 AM
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I used to deliver pizzas....
26/02/2010 08:16:29 AM
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Sounds like an american problem to me.
26/02/2010 08:42:09 AM
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I'm 23, married, and have a baby
26/02/2010 11:43:26 PM
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i have a physics degree, and i delivered pizza to pay the bills when i was in school
27/02/2010 03:41:40 AM
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At least you don't have an English Degree
27/02/2010 03:43:27 AM
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my BS in physics is more worthless than your english degree
27/02/2010 04:03:51 AM
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A master's doesn't really help, either.
*NM*
27/02/2010 10:24:36 AM
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meh, it's more opportunity than the bachelor's would be
27/02/2010 10:27:40 AM
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Considerably
27/02/2010 01:59:55 PM
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Definitely tip.
26/02/2010 08:51:22 AM
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26/02/2010 01:43:51 PM
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I tip as appropriate and within my means
26/02/2010 01:49:24 PM
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Lol. Whenever my grandmother "wants to pay everything including the tip" that usually equates to...
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