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I really wish I could look at the books for this place. I get the no-tipping thing, and how the prices have to change based on that. The higher wages will go
by cbanek 9y ago
I really wish I could look at the books for this place.
I get the no-tipping thing, and how the prices have to change based on that. The higher wages will go down to the servers (and probably other non-tip based staff too), and that's good. I wonder if servers were getting paid higher or lower on the new system? Were there more or less customers (probably less, since they stopped doing it), and how did they feel about the price increases?
Also, I wonder how much of the income of tips is in cash and off the books. Not getting taxed on a part of your income can really make a big difference. Yes, I know it's probably illegal to not report the tips, but I imagine it's something that happens all the time, especially with cash tips.
- DamnYuppie 9y agoEven back when I was waiting tables in college in the 90's most transactions were CC. You had to enter the tip amount as part of your end of shift processes to balance things out. This was recorded by the system and you then had to enter it into the companies system. Essentially everyone only ever claimed the CC tips and nothing more. Yet as more and more transactions move to CC the discrepancy between actuals and declared is MUCH smaller.
- justinjlynn 9y agoAnd the cut the CC companies take for providing what should essentially just be a distributed database grows even more.