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Bookend: in the meantime, if you can't afford to leave a decent tip, you can't afford to eat there. That seems to be a common rationalization.

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It's the disastrous human recipe of irrationality mixed with resistance to change. The reaction of WV voters to the dreaded specter of clean energy is the most recent high-profile example.

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I'd say "appreciated but not required" makes it clear.

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a doggie bag from a buffet?!? that right there should be a clue to their dickishness.

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Can restaurants ban customers leaving stupid-ass Xtian pamphlets disguised as $20 bills instead?

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Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseprettyplease?

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Sadly, it's not illegal. A stash of tracts were confiscated by the Treasury Department back in 2006 on suspicion of counterfeiting. In 2010, the judge in the case ruled that the tracts were not counterfeit and thus legal since they were fake looking enough to not fool any reasonable person into believing it to be legal tender after a passing glance. Counterfeit money is intended to deceive long enough spend the fake money and thus defraud the retailer and the bank.

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Joe's has a real need for Gordon Ramsey.The solution is a living wage and 15 to 20% of sales given to servers by the owners.Its not brain surgery no sorry rocket science.

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I spent 10 years heer in Juneau AK driving pizzas for a certain pizzas chain whos name is associted with a certain game... It was a franchise store and not a corperate one. The owner started ALL employees at state minumum wage. BUT, he gave regular raises, paid federal milage rate in cash at the end of EACH shift, and you walked with your sweet sweet tips along with the gas money EACH night. It was rare to go home with less than 50 or 60 bucks cash in pocket EACH night you worked. Funny thing, 20 years later he still has 80% of the crew I used to worked with on staff. Its almost like if you actually treat your employees well they might stick around because they like their job. As for as the owner goes he has done very well. He made enough in the first 8 years or so he was open to move from a rented trailor to buying a water side home with a totally bad ass view. Not a cheap place in this town. Her did this by respecting his employees, treating his staff well and generally beinng a total bad ass. He actually loaned me 1k$ to buy a new used car so I could keep working. 0 Interest and a year to pay him back. He gets It. Treat your staff well, dont dick them over and PROFIT!! Btw he still, 30 years after first opening, is in the store 5 days a week with a smile and a sence of humor. Why is It so hard for other resterauntours to figure thing shit out???!!!???

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It's not stupid. It works just fine. People are just assholes.

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How is that unclear? It's how it's done in the rest of the world: you don't have to tip, but you can if you really like (or feel sorry for) the server for whatever reason. The important point is that your server doesn't need a tip from you to keep a roof over their head, so there's no need to feel guilty if you don't tip.

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If you like ingesting them in suppository form, sure.

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For one thing, it's unclear because tipping is not "required" now. Sure, they'll think you're an asshat if you don't tip, but it's not like skipping out on your bill. Legally, you're within your rights not to tip.

If the sign said something like "Our servers appreciate tips but don't require them to pay the bills because we pay them well enough already," that would be a little better IMO.

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If you can leave them as cash on the table and point to it as "here's the payment", it is counterfeit. The objective of the fake note is to pretend to be money, to get attention, and to avoid a monetary retribution known as "tip". Fuck that judge, I will jump to appeal it faster than lightning.

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I believe post-slavery, but my memory of the issue is hazy

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Here. It ain't pretty.

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