Why Should How Much I Tip Somebody Depend on How Much My Food Costs

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Is it really that much harder to carry a 50 dollar steak than 5 dollar taco. I'm going to start tipping per item:
Two Dollars Per Pizza
At Restraunts
.50%cents per drink
2.00$ per Appertizer
1$ Per entry
3$ if their hot.
 
good idea

yea it makes no i uslely tip flat rate of 2$ no matter how much it cost. allso at some places i dont tip.
for example, y whould i tip a guy that just brings me drink refills? the food u get at a bar.
 
Is it really that much harder to carry a 50 dollar steak than 5 dollar taco. I'm going to start tipping per item:
Two Dollars Per Pizza
At Restraunts
.50%cents per drink
2.00$ per Appertizer
1$ Per entry
3$ if their hot.

As I was saying in the other thread, the IRS assume your making a 15% tip, and taxes that. It's why I always make sure I tip at least 15%
 
As I was saying in the other thread, the IRS assume your making a 15% tip, and taxes that.
Is this true? Sounds like a bloody cheek to me. If they can't prove you're being tipped they have no grounds to 'assume' to tax you. What happened to your rights?
 
Is this true? Sounds like a bloody cheek to me. If they can't prove you're being tipped they have no grounds to 'assume' to tax you. What happened to your rights?

they only tax for income you have claimed, somebody can have been tiped 80$ and only claim 10 , therefor they would only pay about 3$ of so dollars into taxes.

a server can charge gratuidy if they want to,.
 
Ah, I will never have this problem as long as I live in Finland, since we don't do tips here.
 
Is it really that much harder to carry a 50 dollar steak than 5 dollar taco. I'm going to start tipping per item:

I never expected you to be a supporter of the flat tax!

Of course, you do realize that when you go to Taco Bell and when you go to La Maison Rouge, the service is going to be considerably different, right?

Is this true? Sounds like a bloody cheek to me. If they can't prove you're being tipped they have no grounds to 'assume' to tax you. What happened to your rights?

On the one hand, I agree with you. However, it's a fair assumption that the average waiter/bartender/etc. is making a lot in tips. Probably more than their wages, in many cases.
 
3$ if their hot.
What the hell? You're not going to get boinked simply because you gave them an extra $3.
 
On the one hand, I agree with you. However, it's a fair assumption that the average waiter/bartender/etc. is making a lot in tips. Probably more than their wages, in many cases.

But they shouldn't be taxed on tips unless they claim them..

That makes sense, right? :)
 
But they shouldn't be taxed on tips unless they claim them..

That makes sense, right? :)

Like I said, I agree with the sentiment.

It's just that since claiming tips is (presumably) less verifiable than most other wage reporting, tips might have a tendency to be under-reported...

On the other hand, declaring $0 in tips would be a good way to get tabbed as a tax cheat.
 
As I was saying in the other thread, the IRS assume your making a 15% tip, and taxes that. It's why I always make sure I tip at least 15%

How would they know what portion of the restaurant's receipts you waited on? It doesn't seem like a statistic the government would keep.
 
I've worked in restaurants gaining tips for a couple years, and I have no idea what woody is talking about. I always got taxed exactly on how much I was tipped, regardless of what percentage it was.
 
Tipping is ridiculous. So I've fixed and set up your computer in less then an hour, give some more money. You get paid by your boss for doing your job.
 
What the hell? You're not going to get boinked simply because you gave them an extra $3.

yeah but it wouldn't lower the odds now would it?
 
Is it really that much harder to carry a 50 dollar steak than 5 dollar taco. I'm going to start tipping per item:
Two Dollars Per Pizza
At Restraunts
.50%cents per drink
2.00$ per Appertizer
1$ Per entry
3$ if their hot.
If the service suxs i'm not going to tip them i don't care if the bill was $1 or $100 dolalrs.
 
I will generally tip £3-£5. IF I liked the meal and I thought the service was good.

Frankly I'm glad we don't have a tipping culture in the UK. It just seems like such a hassle and a waste of time.




Ah, I will never have this problem as long as I live in Finland, since we don't do tips here.

No tips at all!? wow that's cool...I thought anyway that tip was included in the bill in Europe (thats what people i know told me) There even was this restaurant who included tip in his bill (movenpick, bankrupt last year)

I have to say that sometimes me and my gf dont go to expansive restaurant because we dont feel like tipping that damn 15%. we already have 15% taxes meaning the price you see is only 70% of what it will cost you.

I also find the culture of tipping ridiculous. I hate tipping in restaurant. and delivery men...I once tip my garagist though...
 
That question has always bothered me too.

on the one hand I like tipping because it makes the waiters behave nicely, not like, say, in France, where we don't tip (yes, we don't tip, because the waiters have a decent salary. If you went to a restaurant and tipped, you got screwed :) )

On the other hand, tipping more just because the food cost more, while the service was the same, seems silly.
 
/preparing to go to work where he is a waiter...

If the service is okay at least try to keep it above 10%. Serving a couple on a date a $50 meal and only getting a couple of bucks is discouraging. Remember, your paying for the service/environment (its a service industry not retail).

FYI I get just under half my money in wages and the rest in tips.
 
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