Random Thoughts VIII: The Ocho
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My FIL stopped by for something and he mentioned how my BIL is a server in town and how he doesn't think it is right that he has to pay taxes on tips thato people pay on their cards. I wanted to say "oh like the rest of us?" But held my tounge.
Yup but he doesn't. Before my wife took over the daycare my they just found a way to claim a crap load of expenses so they reported no profit made and avoided taxes. It will be a wakeup call next year when they actually have to pay since they have no expenses. Or he will just not report it.
I'll see what I can do.
That is a bit of an obscure reference for the non-baseball people, and could be mis-construed...this is Bryce Harper:
The one crappy part to this is that if all of your tips are on a cc, and you tip out the bartenders (some places also tip hosts) you end up claiming more than you take.
Yeah, the whole tip process is kind of messy. I get the idea of paying for good service, but then the restaurants say that they don't have to pay servers a minimum wage because they make it up in tips, which makes it semi-contentious between the server and the customer if the server thinks they're going to not get paid a fair wage for their work....and then the government wants their cut because it's no longer a gratuity, it's part of your income, and you pay the taxes even though it may get spread to the other support staff, and you can get stiffed because the cook effed up...and on the customer side, it's an ever increasing guilt thing where 10% became 15% and 20% or you're a jerkface.
I'd almost rather see a minimum wage with a smaller 'expected' tip that's not taxable.
Oh great, is this going to turn into a tip vs not tip thread?
Where's Boxster for an Archer "just the tip" meme?
Where's Boxster for an Archer "just the tip" meme?
Oh, c'mon, man, this is RTT, not the general population, we can have an adult conversation (well, maybe with some boobie jokes sprinkled in) without it turning into "durr, you're a big dumb dummyhead jerkyface"
Joe's crab shack is trying something similar, but no tips are allowed. However, the time I ate there after it started, the service wasn't great. The server didn't put the appetizer in, took forever with drinks, etc.
Yeah, I don't think you can eliminate it completely, as there is a huge difference between a server who cares and will work for it and one who has no incentive whatsoever and even though they're getting paid 'more'...it's probably not enough to really care.
I mean...wow...look at some of these cars from India. They just fold up at 40 MPH (the US tests at 55 MPH).
http://jalopnik.com/this-is-what-a-zero-star-safety-rating-looks-like-on-fo-1777974705
http://jalopnik.com/this-is-what-a-zero-star-safety-rating-looks-like-on-fo-1777974705
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