When is a Tip a Tip and when is it a wage subsidy?
If we would stop calling it a Tip, and use the proper name, we might resent
it even more.
That 20% "tip" is actually a wage subsidy, paid by you and me.
It's how service providers get away with paying their employees sub minimum
wages while assuring them a slightly better standard of living. You become
a minor partner in supporting that employee.
I always ask my employees, when I'm dining out, "Are you a member of a
union?" Far too often the answer is, "No!"
I suggest that if all wait persons organized, they could demand dignified
wages for their labor, and would not have to depend on their customers to
subsidize the Boss.
Usually they back away and look around for someone else to take care of.
Carl Jarvis
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From: "Alice Dampman Humel" <alicedh@verizon.net>
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I also tip the proper amounts, because I know the reasons for it. I don't
like them, but that's another story.
However, I must say that I quite strongly resent being held hostage to the
now 20% "minimum" tip, whether the service is good, bad, or indifferent…and,
of course, I do try to tip more, a little more anyway, if the service was
particularly nice. But I still resent the obligatory nature of the amount of
the tip these days, and adding 25 or 30 percent to a bill is getting pretty
pricey....
grumble, grumble…
Alice
On Jul 25, 2013, at 4:47 AM, ckrugman@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> I agree and I make sure I tip generously when warranted.C
> huck
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>
>> Chuck,
>> Good points. I'm also working on a tight contract that will not go up
>> even
>> if the wage minimum is raised. But these things sort themselves out once
>> the ball gets rolling.
>> As for wondering about unskilled workers making more than me, I repeat my
>> dad's words, "There is dignity in all labor." Who is to say that the
>> fellow
>> hauling trash is more or less valuable to the community than the bank
>> president? In the eye of the Corporate Empire, we are all the same.
>>
>> Carl Jarvis
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>> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 9:04 PM
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>>
>>
>> The only problem with raising the minimum wage is that when it is done
>> those
>> people who are on fixed incomes such people on SSI or public assistance
>> are
>> forgotten about as their benefit levels are not raised accordingly so
>> their
>> purchasing power is eroded and they fall deeper below the safety net and
>> exprerience greater challenges to survival. Unless the needs of
>> thispopulation are considered I am very cautious about supporting raises
>> in
>> the minimum. Additionally, as a self employed professional my hourly rate
>> or
>> what I bid on to complete projects does not get raised if I want to stay
>> competitive. Now the final question is whether or not I want people
>> working
>> in an unskilled job making more than I do per hour with lots of aedvanced
>> training? Now that I've sounded like a Republican elitist snob!
>> Chuck
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Miriam Vieni
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>> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 1:13 PM
>> Subject: FW: Thank you for signing the "Raise the Minimum Wage" petition
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>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 2:27 PM
>> To: Miriam Vieni
>> Subject: Thank you for signing the "Raise the Minimum Wage" petition
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you for signing my petition, Raise the Minimum Wage.
>>
>> To really make a difference, we need a lot more people to join in. Can
>> you
>> share this petition with all your friends?
>>
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>> Hi,
>>
>> Raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour would boost the
>> paychecks of over 30 million workers in the U.S. The majority are adults
>> with full-time jobs, and nearly half have some college education.
>>
>> If the minimum wage had kept pace with inflation since 1968, it would be
>> $10.60 today, not $7.25. By indexing the minimum wage to inflation, this
>> bill prevents the annual erosion of the buying power of millions of
>> hard-working Americans.
>>
>> The tipped minimum wage ($2.13 an hour) has lost 40 percent of its value
>> since 1991. Over the past 22 years, Congress has voted to increase its
>> pay
>> 13 times.
>>
>> The benefits of the increase will reverberate across the economy.
>> According to the Economic Policy Institute, raising the minimum wage to
>> $10.10 will generate $30 billion in economic activity and create 140,000
>> new
>> jobs over three years.
>>
>> On July 24th, a national coalition of community advocates, workers,
>> online
>> activists, faith and business leade rs are joining for a National Day of
>> Action to Raise Up America, calling on elected officials and low-wage
>> employers to take immediate action to raise wages for millions of
>> America's
>> lowest-paid workers.
>>
>> You can find details about events in your area here:
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>>
>> That's why I signed a petition to The United States House of
>> Representatives and The United States Senate, which says:
>>
>> "Pass the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013, which raises the minimum wage to
>> $10.10 an hour and provides the first increase to tipped employees in
>> more
>> than 20 years. It also indexes the minimum wage to the cost of living."
>>
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