Dusk wrote

BJP wrote

No, thankfully my country has minimum wage laws which require even the "lowest of the low" type jobs to be paid a good wage in order for the employee to not need tips to survive. The National minimum wage act of 1998 means that anyone who fits the given criteria gets at least a set wage. This even fits part-time, trainee's, offshore, one-day hires, apprentices and foreign workers. The minimum wage at the moment is shown below:

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I think tipping is an extremely crude way of shorting your workers especially if a company then splits the tips at the end of the shift. I will only tip if its a pathetic amount meaning I will be left with coppers (small change) or if they have performed a miracle in front of my eyes.

BJP

Damn u lucky bro. Your countries' minimum wage gets reviewed every April. Minimum wage in the USA has been $7.25 since 2009 and $7.25 here is equivalent to the apprentice wages in the U.K. Since the cost of living is insane now. ($7 for a gallon of milk) I live in a cheap part of the country and housing is $1000 a month on average for a 1 bedroom apartment. rip.

I agree. Minimum wage in the US blows. Plus, the living expenses for being in a college town in ridiculous but what can ya do. Gotta live somewhere besides the dorms

Forgot to add this but if you dont tip the company accomodates for the lost tip

I usually tip only if I think the service was great, if not then no tip.

PostMalone wrote Forgot to add this but if you dont tip the company accomodates for the lost tip

Idk if all companies do that. I doubt dominos and shit accommodates for anything.

Dusk wrote

BJP wrote

No, thankfully my country has minimum wage laws which require even the "lowest of the low" type jobs to be paid a good wage in order for the employee to not need tips to survive. The National minimum wage act of 1998 means that anyone who fits the given criteria gets at least a set wage. This even fits part-time, trainee's, offshore, one-day hires, apprentices and foreign workers. The minimum wage at the moment is shown below:

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I think tipping is an extremely crude way of shorting your workers especially if a company then splits the tips at the end of the shift. I will only tip if its a pathetic amount meaning I will be left with coppers (small change) or if they have performed a miracle in front of my eyes.

BJP

Damn u lucky bro. You're countries minimum wage gets reviewed every April. Minimum wage in the USA has been $7.25 since 2009 and $7.25 here is equivalent to the apprentice wages in the U.K. Since the cost of living is insane now. ($7 for a gallon of milk)

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PostMalone wrote Forgot to add this but if you dont tip the company accomodates for the lost tip

Idk if all companies do that. I doubt dominos and shit accommodates for anything.

yea i would doubt those companies do, but i have a fiend that works at outback and he says they accommodate for lost tips

I've been waiting tables since I was 14, and never have I been paid over $3/hr base pay, and taxes make that paycheck essentially non-existent, so tips are the only place their money comes from. People have no idea how influential a good tipper can be until they've actually been a server.

All depends how drunk i get lol, i tend to tip when im drunk

Tip either way , regardless an 10% of whatever the bill is

it really depends if the service is friendly and the food is good then ill leave a tip(the friendlier the person/peosons are then the more tip they get from me)