I never clocked in at a different rate when doing side work. (Denny's Annapolis 12 or 13 years ago).
I personally tip. What doesn't make sense to me is the idea of a tip as a percentage. At the local diner I usually tip a dollar unless this makes the tip less than 15 percent. If I am only having coffee or soup or somethign else inexpensive I leave the change and take the bills unless this results in an unacceptably small tip ie less than 15%. If I am exceptionally broke but don't feel like cooking I tell my waitress so she doesn't wonder what she did wrong. Then, at Christmas, everybody got one large tip, ie $5 on a $3.99 breakfast. The waitress who let me use her cell phone a couple times got $10. I am now back to scheduled programming. Places where I don't eat all the time I usually tip 20% on general principles. Dana On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:45:12 -0800, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Back in my Waiter days, when I did these duties, I had to clock in under a > different code and be paid more per hour while I was doing it. I was under > the impression at the time that this was an IRS rule. Now, one probable > still did not make what one could make in tips per hour, but we also did this > at the end or beginning of shifts where the customer load was low or gone > after the restaurant was closed. > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning > > ...-----Original Message----- > ...From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ...Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 2:22 PM > ...To: CF-Community > ...Subject: Re: [didyaknow] #3 To Tip or Not to Tip: That is the Question. > ... > ...At 05:04 PM 1/10/2005, you wrote: > ...>Subject: [didyaknow] #3 To Tip or Not to Tip: That is the Question. > ...>From: "David Churvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ...>Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:02:41 -0500 > ...>Thread: > ...>http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid > ...=15507&forumid=5#141933 > ...> > ...>Good old Tightwad Gazette :) > ...> > ...>I always leave a decent tip unless the service was noteably terrible, > ...and my > ...>reasons for doing so are based on my understandings of minimum wage. > ... > ... My system: > ... > ...A) You start w/ 20% > ...B) The first mistake you make drops you down to 15% > ...C) Good or bad things along the way can bump you up or down a point. > ... > ... I have had people who never made mistakes. I don't ever remember > ...leaving > ...the dreaded "1 penny" tip for horribly bad service. > ... > ... > ...>The > ...>minimum wage for someone who can get tips is much less than the minimum > ...wage > ...>for someone who doesn't make tips. > ... > ... I think that is the best reason I've heard for tipping. (And I've > ...heard > ...it before). > ... > ... > ...>However, employers don't often make up the difference fairly. In > ...addition, > ...>I know enough people who don't tip well to know that waiters in most > ...>restaurants don't make enough from their tips to make up the > ...discrepancy. > ... > ...I used to have a roommate who could easily pull in $400-$500 a night in > ...tips (on the weekend). While I wouldn't consider that living it up, it > ...tops minimum wage. He worked for a TGI Fridays, so it's not like he was > ...at > ...a fancy place where the average plate was $100+. > ... > ... On a completely separate note, that same TGI Fridays (where my old > ...roommate worked) is being sued by an ex-worker there, who complained that > ...time spent doing "extra duties' such as filling ketchup bottles and salt > .../ > ...pepper shakers prevented her from properly servicing her tables, thus > ...resulting in lower tips. This was the topic of conversation at a radio > ...morning show recently. > ... > ... > ... > ...-- > ...Jeffry Houser, Web Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer > ...AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 > ...-- > ...My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> > ...My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> > ...My Energetic Acoustic Rock Band: <http://www.farcryfly.com> > ...-- > ...When did Reality Become TV > ... > ... > ... > ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:141971 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
