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From: Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: Last night was "surf and coop."
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 18:49:09 -0500
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On 3/8/2025 5:33 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2025-03-08, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Make it something close to what they would be expected to make with
>> tips. They are the restaurant's employees so they should be responsible
>> for paying their employees, not the customers.
> 
> The customers pay the employees either way.
> 
That's true.  But in states like SC where the minimum *server* wage is 
still a ridiculous $2.13/hour, it's kind of silly to have to depend upon 
the kindness of strangers to make up the difference between that and the 
Federal minimum wage of $7.25/hour.  (Technically the employer is 
supposed to make up the difference.)  Counting on the customer to leave 
more than a 50 cent tip on a $40 meal doesn't cut it.

My manager and his wife eat out a LOT.  He had no idea $2.13 is the base 
server wage in this state.  And oh, it doesn't matter if you tip in cash 
or put it on your credit card because server income is reported based on 
sales rung at the register.  Handing them a tip in cash makes no 
difference whatsoever in what gets reported as taxable income to the 
IRS.  They assume you're earning at least the Federal minimum.

Jill