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From: Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: Last night was "surf and coop."
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2025 08:21:44 -0400
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On 3/9/2025 5:46 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2025-03-08, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Have you told him?  Ignorance can be remedied.
> 
Of course I told him.  He was shocked.  I gather he assumed everyone got 
paid about $16/hour like most of the minimum wage workers in NY.

>> 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.
> 
> It does if I tip more than 15% in cash.
> 
How so?

Jill