Wine Tipping
Wine Tipping
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Post #31 - July 7th, 2007, 1:46 pmTip outs are not mandated by anyone- it's illegal in most states to force a server to share tips. So if that's her choice then that's her choice.
If you mean "it's her choice to be employed", then yes, it's her choice. Whether mandatory tip-sharing is legal or not is a whole 'nother question. I know that even at my low-end dining job, if I don't tip my busboy, I'm out of a job (that I like and that helps pay my rent) pretty darn quick.Anthony Bourdain on Barack Obama: "He's from Chicago, so he knows what good food is."
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Post #32 - July 9th, 2007, 7:50 am
You can't mandate the percentage off the total check, and getting fired for that in certain states (I'm not an attorney nor am I going to attempt to be) is highly illegal.geli wrote:Tip outs are not mandated by anyone- it's illegal in most states to force a server to share tips. So if that's her choice then that's her choice.
If you mean "it's her choice to be employed", then yes, it's her choice. Whether mandatory tip-sharing is legal or not is a whole 'nother question. I know that even at my low-end dining job, if I don't tip my busboy, I'm out of a job (that I like and that helps pay my rent) pretty darn quick.is making all his reservations under the name Steve Plotnicki from now on.
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Post #33 - July 9th, 2007, 10:09 amjpschust wrote:
Tip outs are not mandated by anyone- it's illegal in most states to force a server to share tips. So if that's her choice then that's her choice.geli wrote:I asked my friend who works at two restaurants in Chicago that have high-end wine on their menu (and has worked at several others), and she has this to say:
She usually ends up tipping out between 40 and 50 percent of her own tips. She tips her busboy, her food-runner, the bartender, and the host/hostess. Her tip outs are a set percentage of her overall ring, including liquor and wine sales, not a percentage of the actual tips that she received, and they are not optional. The restaurant assumes she receives an average 18% tip overall and calculates the tip-outs accordingly. For example, if someone buys a $300 bottle of wine and they only tip her $10 on it (which happens), she still has to tip out as if she'd received the full 18 percent.
Personally I feel that if you are comfortable enough financially to buy a really expensive bottle of wine, you should take the tip into account. Unfortunately, this has never been a problem I've faced....
I'd have to check the laws in IL about this. Every place I've worked at from low-end to high have had a least a nominal tipshare."Beer is proof God loves us, and wants us to be Happy"
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