Those of you who think 15% should be mandatory, why not just do away with tips all together and increase wages 15%? Or worse yet, pay servers minimum wage? It is your job to bring me food from the kitchen. If it is the steak and a bottle of Chateau Margaux '82 I should have to pay the same for your service as if it were salad and bread sticks. It's not like you did anything differently.
gra?tu?i?ty ??/gr??tu?ti, -?tyu-/ [gruh-too-i-tee, -tyoo-] –noun, plural -ties. 1. a gift of money, over and above payment due for service, as to a waiter or bellhop; tip. 2. something given without claim or demand.
It is your job to bring me food from the kitchen. If it is the steak and a bottle of Chateau Margaux '82 I should have to pay the same for your service as if it were salad and bread sticks. It's not like you did anything differently.
gra?tu?i?ty
??/gr??tu?ti, -?tyu-/ [gruh-too-i-tee, -tyoo-]
–noun, plural -ties.
1. a gift of money, over and above payment due for service, as to a waiter or bellhop; tip.
2. something given without claim or demand.