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te144
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te144 asked in Business & FinanceCorporations · 9 years ago

What's with TIPS? I've never stiffed a ...?

I've never stiffed a wait-person but how did it originate that we

subsidize a restaurant owner's (and others') payroll costs to get good service which is a given in most other retail businesses?

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    I guess restaurant owners got greedy and didn't like seeing waiters/waitresses making good money by their tips...as for me, if service is bad I will only tip 10%...rather than 15%....

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