Posted on 01/12/2016 5:10:28 PM PST by steve86
I’ve only been once, but I may start going with their no-tipping policy. I don’t tip in $15 minimum wage cities anyway, but at least at Ivar’s I’m not feeling any guilt about it.
Fortunately even when I had money we rarely ate out, but when we did I would decide what percentage the tip would be, not be told by the establishment.
And you couldn't have done that before simply by adjusting the wages of each?
What about the “see ya around” comments from their ex-customers; can those be posted?
It already happens at many restaurants. They share the tips so the bad wait staff isn’t suffering. I was a waitress in high school and college and made lots of tips that were shared with the busboys. It’s different now. Tips are pooled so everyone gets an equal share.
Interesting analysis.
Maybe not loss of business to the restaurant but patrons won’t be adding any additional tip. We tip really well. Even when the tip is added to the bill (18% for a party of 6) we add to it. No more.
Haven’t been through the comments yet but people say a lot of things. There are folks here who say they’re going to boycott Target, for example, every time a story comes up, apparently forgetting they already boycotted them two stories back (I kid you not).
What a ludicrous argument. He wants to equalize the money between the front of the house and the back of the house? Why? My hubby has worked as a server part-time for over 40 years in fine dining establishments. He is an expert on wines and knows how to upsell, both of which, I can assure you, Julio the dishwasher knows nothing about. Why should he be required to share his hard-earned tips with someone who barely speaks English and has little experience in the field?
20% more for dinner and decreased service too, what could go wrong?
Douglas will be cooking for Denny’s, outside of Seattle.
Hopefully they lose enough customers to tank them
Ivarâs where food coloring, seasoning etc on salmon hide the fact that the fish they buy from cold storage is literally one grade above cat food ...
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