Comments for Tip20! - Waiter, Waitress, Bartender, Kitchen & Consumer http://www.tip20.com Service Industry and Consumer Resource Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:31:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Eleven Ways Servers Can Lose Their Tip by Get Bigger Tips as a Server | Smack The Money Maker http://www.tip20.com/eleven-ways-servers-can-lose-their-tip/1146/comment-page-1#comment-865 Get Bigger Tips as a Server | Smack The Money Maker Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:31:08 +0000 http://www.tip20.com/?p=1146#comment-865 [...] http://www.tip20.com/eleven-ways-servers-can-lose-their-tip/1146 [...] [...] http://www.tip20.com/eleven-ways-servers-can-lose-their-tip/1146 [...]

]]> Comment on Why Should You Tip? by formerserver http://www.tip20.com/why-should-you-tip/27/comment-page-2#comment-858 formerserver Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:00:50 +0000 http://tip20.com/blog/?p=27#comment-858 Okay, this is coming from a former server who knows the laws. If your boss decides not to inform you then they are ripping you off. If you get paid 2.13 an hour and do not make a combined total of the minimum federal wage for the hours you worked (7.25 per hour) then the boss has to make up the difference on your paycheck. IF you do not report him/her then that is your fault. Now I know in reality if you do say something then most likely you will get less shifts which just goes to show how a lot of restaurant owners want to get away with not paying their fair share of a salary to employees. Employers would not have to hike their prices either. They would merely not make as much money. Welcome to the real world of owning a business! Please quit whining and complaining that your job is worth more than the next person who has to please their customers and also multi task as much as you do. I used to be grateful for the times I made a minumum of $20 an hour but I never felt that I was entitled and I also never felt it was the customer's responsibility to make sure I took home fat wages. And the servers who complain that they don't take a paycheck home should be logical enough to realize that normal employees don't take cash wages home every night in their pocket. Plus normal wage employees pay FULL taxes on their income. Servers get away with only having to report full credit card tips because it can be tracked by an IRS audit. Cash tips are usually reported to the discretion of keeping off of a radar from the IRS. And NO you do not have to pay taxes on sales from customers who do not tip. Quit saying that if someone does not leave a tip that you are legally obligated to pay taxes. Normally your employer uses (let's say an average of 8% total sales you report as tips) just to keep the IRS off your and her back. So if you did not really make that much and also keep a record book then you win against the IRS because they cannot prove otherwise. They can only prove credit card tips. You all sound like a bunch of entitled spoiled brats. Be thankful for the money you're making now and save it. You do not work harder than most people who have to multi task and treat customers well. The cooks in restaurants work just as hard as you do and do not feel they need to make over $20 an hour. Okay, this is coming from a former server who knows the laws. If your boss decides not to inform you then they are ripping you off. If you get paid 2.13 an hour and do not make a combined total of the minimum federal wage for the hours you worked (7.25 per hour) then the boss has to make up the difference on your paycheck. IF you do not report him/her then that is your fault. Now I know in reality if you do say something then most likely you will get less shifts which just goes to show how a lot of restaurant owners want to get away with not paying their fair share of a salary to employees.
Employers would not have to hike their prices either. They would merely not make as much money. Welcome to the real world of owning a business!
Please quit whining and complaining that your job is worth more than the next person who has to please their customers and also multi task as much as you do. I used to be grateful for the times I made a minumum of $20 an hour but I never felt that I was entitled and I also never felt it was the customer’s responsibility to make sure I took home fat wages. And the servers who complain that they don’t take a paycheck home should be logical enough to realize that normal employees don’t take cash wages home every night in their pocket. Plus normal wage employees pay FULL taxes on their income. Servers get away with only having to report full credit card tips because it can be tracked by an IRS audit. Cash tips are usually reported to the discretion of keeping off of a radar from the IRS. And NO you do not have to pay taxes on sales from customers who do not tip. Quit saying that if someone does not leave a tip that you are legally obligated to pay taxes. Normally your employer uses (let’s say an average of 8% total sales you report as tips) just to keep the IRS off your and her back. So if you did not really make that much and also keep a record book then you win against the IRS because they cannot prove otherwise. They can only prove credit card tips.
You all sound like a bunch of entitled spoiled brats. Be thankful for the money you’re making now and save it. You do not work harder than most people who have to multi task and treat customers well. The cooks in restaurants work just as hard as you do and do not feel they need to make over $20 an hour.

]]> Comment on How to be a Great Waiter or Waitress by alexscott http://www.tip20.com/how-to-be-a-great-waiter-or-waitress/271/comment-page-1#comment-857 alexscott Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:42:51 +0000 http://tip20.com/blog/?p=271#comment-857 One of my biggest pet peeves and not to mention gross, is when servers touch the rim of the glass. This happens far to often is not acceptable. -Alex, http://howtowait.com One of my biggest pet peeves and not to mention gross, is when servers touch the rim of the glass. This happens far to often is not acceptable.

-Alex,
http://howtowait.com

]]> Comment on Garnishing of Tips to Pay Charge Card Fees Sparks Controversy by bethhart http://www.tip20.com/garnishing-of-tips-to-pay-charge-card-fees-sparks-controversy/766/comment-page-1#comment-855 bethhart Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:15:30 +0000 http://www.tip20.com/?p=766#comment-855 I have been in the restaurant business for 35 years. First as a server and now as a owner. I can honestly say I have never worked with people that are bigger hypocrites than servers. They constantly EXPECT people to leave tip (which they don't have to do) or the wine. The complain about everything. They among a lucky few that don't even claim all they make. I have never known one server who is honest. Everyone has to pay taxes on their full wages but servers. So DONT COMPLAIN until you pay your fair share. Also, in this economy every person is taking a financial hit but servers. The restaurants raise their prices to stay in business and their tip percentages go up - more money, money not claimed for taxes wow so hard to feel sorry for you. They also think that the owners are making money - wake up. Have you ever had to meet a payroll? In Washington state, starting Jan 1 2011 we will be paying our servers $9.04 an hour plus tips. We have been in business for 30 years and lost 100.0000 in our restaurant just this year. A server never even asks how the restaurant is doing. THEY HAVE NO CLUE ! Of the restaurants that go out of business 30% of the time is from employee theft. We have some great employees they work hard but so does everyone else. Try to get them to share a couple of dollars with the cooks or busboys whew .... don't mess with their money. SO QUIT COMPLAINING !!!!!! I have been in the restaurant business for 35 years. First as a server and now as a owner. I can honestly say I have never worked with people that are bigger hypocrites than servers. They constantly EXPECT people to leave tip (which they don’t have to do) or the wine. The complain about everything. They among a lucky few that don’t even claim all they make. I have never known one server who is honest. Everyone has to pay taxes on their full wages but servers. So DONT COMPLAIN until you pay your fair share.
Also, in this economy every person is taking a financial hit but servers. The restaurants raise their prices to stay in business and their tip percentages go up – more money, money not claimed for taxes wow so hard to feel sorry for you.
They also think that the owners are making money – wake up. Have you ever had to meet a payroll?
In Washington state, starting Jan 1 2011 we will be paying our servers $9.04 an hour plus tips. We have been in business for 30 years and lost 100.0000 in our restaurant just this year. A server never even asks how the restaurant is doing. THEY HAVE NO CLUE ! Of the restaurants that go out of business 30% of the time is from employee theft. We have some great employees they work hard but so does everyone else. Try to get them to share a couple of dollars with the cooks or busboys whew …. don’t mess with their money.
SO QUIT COMPLAINING !!!!!!

]]> Comment on Vegetarian Awareness Week – 2nd Week of September by Vegetarian Awareness Week – 2nd Week of September | CookingPlanet http://www.tip20.com/vegetarian-awareness-week-2nd-week-of-september/1425/comment-page-1#comment-853 Vegetarian Awareness Week – 2nd Week of September | CookingPlanet Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:11:56 +0000 http://www.tip20.com/?p=1425#comment-853 [...] Vegetarian Awareness Week – 2nd Week of September [...] [...] Vegetarian Awareness Week – 2nd Week of September [...]

]]> Comment on Tipping Movers and how to calculate the tip. by newcitymoving http://www.tip20.com/tipping-movers-and-how-to-calculate-the-tip/544/comment-page-1#comment-852 newcitymoving Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:45:42 +0000 http://www.tip20.com/blog/?p=544#comment-852 Hello, This is a great tip! Hello, This is a great tip!

]]> Comment on Update on Tax Free Tips Act by gilbert peralta http://www.tip20.com/update-on-tax-free-tips-act/28/comment-page-1#comment-851 gilbert peralta Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:25:57 +0000 http://tip20.com/blog/?p=28#comment-851 Let's get on board with Ron Paul's latest attempt to pass the "The Tax Free Tip Act of 2011" HR 1139. This is Ron's most successful attempt to pass this bill, more people then ever before are behind it. Learn more at TaxFreeTipAct.com Let’s get on board with Ron Paul’s latest attempt to pass the “The Tax Free Tip Act of 2011″ HR 1139. This is Ron’s most successful attempt to pass this bill, more people then ever before are behind it. Learn more at TaxFreeTipAct.com

]]> Comment on Tips & Taxes – The misconception about IRS tip reporting. by liberty http://www.tip20.com/tips-taxes/25/comment-page-1#comment-849 liberty Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:21:13 +0000 http://tip20.com/blog/?p=25#comment-849 If we really wanted to help our people in the service industry, we would recognize Ron Paul and his bill, HR 1139, "The Tax Free Tip Act of 2011". This bill simply make all tips non-taxable. Learn more at TaxFreeTipAct.com If we really wanted to help our people in the service industry, we would recognize Ron Paul and his bill, HR 1139, “The Tax Free Tip Act of 2011″. This bill simply make all tips non-taxable. Learn more at TaxFreeTipAct.com

]]> Comment on Why Should You Tip? by Megan http://www.tip20.com/why-should-you-tip/27/comment-page-2#comment-848 Megan Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:04:17 +0000 http://tip20.com/blog/?p=27#comment-848 I am a server. I get paid $2.13 per hour. If you tip on your credit card, we get less on our pay check. Where I work, if you don't get tipped, you make no money. If you leave NO TIP at all, it costs the server money because we have to pay for a small percentage of our sales. If your service is terrible, I understand if no tip is given. But if your service is good, leave 20 percent please. I've worked a 4 hour shift before and left with less money than it takes in gas to get there. I am a server. I get paid $2.13 per hour. If you tip on your credit card, we get less on our pay check. Where I work, if you don’t get tipped, you make no money. If you leave NO TIP at all, it costs the server money because we have to pay for a small percentage of our sales. If your service is terrible, I understand if no tip is given. But if your service is good, leave 20 percent please. I’ve worked a 4 hour shift before and left with less money than it takes in gas to get there.

]]> Comment on Tipping Movers and how to calculate the tip. by Boca Raton Movers http://www.tip20.com/tipping-movers-and-how-to-calculate-the-tip/544/comment-page-1#comment-847 Boca Raton Movers Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:25:38 +0000 http://www.tip20.com/blog/?p=544#comment-847 Great tips indeed. In US it is quite a custom to tip the movers. Your tips are really helpful for deciding the tip amount. Thanks. Great tips indeed. In US it is quite a custom to tip the movers. Your tips are really helpful for deciding the tip amount. Thanks.

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