Re: Last night was "surf and coop."

On 2025-03-08, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

On 3/8/2025 5:33 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-03-08, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

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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.
 

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Yes, but they don't want to pay them.  Customers want to make a good
wage but want to buy stuff cheap.
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I see no one yet tried putting a $$ figure on what a server should make.
  I will say, the right person in the right place can do far better than
minimum.

Just as a thought experiment:  should servers at restaurants that
turn the tables fairly quickly (diners, casual restaurants, etc.)
make more per hour than servers at fine dining restaurants, where
diners might spend three hours eating?  Just to compensate for
the difference in tips.  Or do the tips on a higher-cost meal
balance out the greater number of smaller tips?

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Cindy Hamilton