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(1,044 posts) Fri Mar 1, 2013, 09:54 AM Mar 2013

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I understand seven states don't have restaurants in them. IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #1

I agree Ida, while I understand their frustration. I think madmom Mar 2013 #2

I agree 100% - the idea that someone's ability to *PAY THEIR RENT* IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #4

I agree with that. However, PotatoChip Mar 2013 #6

I am starting to disagree. http://www.unitehere.org/ IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #15

Cool sigline! PotatoChip Mar 2013 #22

Lol! It works for a lot of people. IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #25

your right, I agree 100% RedstDem Mar 2013 #23

Difficult does not mean impossible. IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #26

I'm sorry abelenkpe Mar 2013 #63

I am tired of the "scolding" posts complaining about "non-tippers." IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #69

Yeah, we should suffer in silence. marble falls Mar 2013 #8

Or visit these folks: http://www.unitehere.org/ IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #13

Yeah, because its been very successful up to now. Union membership is slipping so I should go right marble falls Mar 2013 #16

You want to depend on the kindness of strangers for a living, IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #17

One: my grandfather died of blacklung so I have a pretty good idea of what miners went through, .... marble falls Mar 2013 #21

And he wonders why his tips are so bad! Lol! IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #24

"Tips are bonus money" sez it all. And I do not work fast food. "Don't like your job ....." .... marble falls Mar 2013 #28

Love how I disagree with your viewpoint, and you automatically IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #29

Shame on you for your light take on the plight waiters and waitresses. So glad it amuses your .... marble falls Mar 2013 #30

Shame on you for insulting other DUers. Shame on you for not DOING something IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #31

They aren't mutually exclusive michigandem58 Mar 2013 #32

+1 PotatoChip Mar 2013 #39

What a horrible post! Cobalt Violet Mar 2013 #37

Well you sound just like them. Cobalt Violet Mar 2013 #38

And aren't you just a special treasure. IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #44

I am! And I don't spend my time bullying service people on the internet. Cobalt Violet Mar 2013 #45

Thats not how it looks over in this corner. IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #68

You are so backwards Lordquinton Mar 2013 #46

There's an easy solution. LWolf Mar 2013 #70

Truth. IdaBriggs Mar 2013 #71

Where is this from? iandhr Mar 2013 #3

Wow! "My checks are zero after taxes..." mike dub Mar 2013 #5

My last paycheck was for $.26 for two weeks and almost 80 hrs over 12 days. I am over 60 years. I .. marble falls Mar 2013 #9

and 15% is a bullshit number! RedstDem Mar 2013 #10

In this Teapublican town of very wealthy retirees, I'd settle for 15%. marble falls Mar 2013 #11

When I drove a taxi I found that the poor tipped much better than the rich. Sydney Sheldon alfredo Mar 2013 #20

Making baseline 20%... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #56

well, you sure told her, now, didn't you? BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2013 #62

No, I said if baseline becomes 20... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #67

Damn. tblue Mar 2013 #12

Marble Falls, Texas. What most folks don't realize is that my boss giving me "minimun wage" is ..... marble falls Mar 2013 #14

Me too Blue4Texas Mar 2013 #52

Wow. I knew it was bad but I appreciate you giving the details. grantcart Mar 2013 #18

I had no idea there are so many assholes Skittles Mar 2013 #34

i thought it was law that if servers didn't make federal minimum wage with salary and tips HiPointDem Mar 2013 #43

How the net check can be 26 cents..... Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #47

"they go home with them" = who is "them"? HiPointDem Mar 2013 #49

Them----the tips. Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #50

sorry meant who is 'they'. servers or management? and where's the documentation of tips for irs? HiPointDem Mar 2013 #54

People who work for tips Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #55

Reagan (who else?) started taxing tipped employees to end their "free ride". Since it is nearly Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #64

Oh the rich and powerful restaurant corporations lobby and how they get richer mountain grammy Mar 2013 #7

Thanks for posting this. I assume that there is a 0 missing on the second line on the right grantcart Mar 2013 #19

You are correct, Sir michigandem58 Mar 2013 #27

The new set of laws ALEC and the Republicnas will go after ... BlueStreak Mar 2013 #33

As I said on another thread..there is no tipping in England Chalco Mar 2013 #35

tipping is how they are paid BainsBane Mar 2013 #36

Correct, but you just pay the bill, you don't add more. Chalco Mar 2013 #40

Oh, I wish it was that way here in the good old USA. Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #48

Yes, they do get paid enough. kentauros Mar 2013 #42

I lucked out when I went to England a few years ago... AmyDeLune Mar 2013 #61

No more sit down resteraunts for me Rubysox Mar 2013 #41

If you think a tip is a *gift* you give to your server, you aren't ready for a sit-down resteraunt. baldguy Mar 2013 #53

Who can live on minimum wage? rucky Mar 2013 #65

K&R nt demosocialist Mar 2013 #51

These laborers need to direct their ire where it belongs: their employers. TransitJohn Mar 2013 #57

No, customers deserve the ire as well Scootaloo Mar 2013 #59

I'd tip 20% Zax2me Mar 2013 #58

If you can't afford a decent tip, don't eat at the restaurant. Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #60

most of the time unionthug777 Mar 2013 #66