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In reply to the discussion: BAM [View all]mike dub
(541 posts)5. Wow! "My checks are zero after taxes..."
That is just mind-blowing. Tips ARE a waitress's take-home pay!
Glad I tip 20% as a standard ... and sometimes more for outstanding service.
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Yeah, because its been very successful up to now. Union membership is slipping so I should go right
marble falls
Mar 2013
#16
One: my grandfather died of blacklung so I have a pretty good idea of what miners went through, ....
marble falls
Mar 2013
#21
"Tips are bonus money" sez it all. And I do not work fast food. "Don't like your job ....." ....
marble falls
Mar 2013
#28
Shame on you for your light take on the plight waiters and waitresses. So glad it amuses your ....
marble falls
Mar 2013
#30
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
When I drove a taxi I found that the poor tipped much better than the rich. Sydney Sheldon
alfredo
Mar 2013
#20
Marble Falls, Texas. What most folks don't realize is that my boss giving me "minimun wage" is .....
marble falls
Mar 2013
#14
i thought it was law that if servers didn't make federal minimum wage with salary and tips
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#43
sorry meant who is 'they'. servers or management? and where's the documentation of tips for irs?
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#54
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