Ah - thanks for pointing that out. It's true that there technically aren't two minimum wages, it's just how I think about it because employers often don't make up the difference. I have a friend who has this problem - not because his employer is dishonest, but because the employer isn't very good at doing the math.
Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [didyaknow] #3 To Tip or Not to Tip: That is the Question. > I disagree that tips are equally applicable to waitstaff and fast food > workers. As has been pointed out, waitstaff typically earns less than > $2.50/hr, while fast food workers in my (rural) area can start at as > much as $6.25. However, it was misstated that there are two minimum > wages. The difference is that in positions where tips are expected, the > employer can pay the person less because the mimimum wage applies to > average hourly income including tips over a pay period. Should > waitstaff not make minimum wage and report the difference, the employer > is required to make it up. This, however, is a good way to get fired -- > if you can't make $2.25 an hour in tips, you're probably doing a lousy job. > > I totally agree with the idea of unique tips. When working at Office > Depot, I wasn't allowed to accept tips. However, one guy insisted. He > ended up giving me a coin from western Europe worth approximately half a > cent. I had it until my most recent move (I may still, but don't know > where) because it was something that I couldn't easily replace. > > Finally, to address the idea that tips at the end of the meal don't > affect service. His point is that my tip *this trip* doesn't affect my > service *this trip*. This is basically true. But, let's face it, which > of us isn't a repeat customer somewhere? Trust me, if you tip well, > wait staff will argue over getting your table. If you tip badly, wait > staff will...well, they'll argue over getting your table then, too. :-) > > --Ben "not been that long since he was wait staff" Doom > > Erika L. Walker-Arnold wrote: > > To Tip or Not to Tip: That is the Question. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141962 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
