Re: Servers Strike Back -- Cell Phone Usage

On Jun 24, 12:23 pm, "gloria.p" <gpues...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dave Smith wrote:
James Silverton wrote:

You seem to have been brainwashed by newspaper restaurant critics who
don't pay their own tips anyway. One of the innumerate critics
seriouly maintained that the regular tip should go from 15% to 20%
because of the rise in the cost of living.

Math was never my best subject, but part of that rise in the cost of
living is the increase in the cost of food and drink in restaurants. The
way I figure it is that if the restaurants are charging more and people
are paying 15% on the higher prices, the servers are already getting a
raise of sorts,

Huh?  Have you been grocery shopping lately?  The price of food is
through the roof.  I strongly doubt that servers have gotten raises.

No, but suppose the price of the average restaurant meal has gone from
$20 to $30. If I tip 20%, the tip will have gone from $4 to $6. That
looks very
much like a raise.

Note: All of those numbers (except the 20%) were pulled right out of
my
left ear. I have no idea how much the average meal costs, nor how
much
they have gone up. Figures presented for illustrative purposes only.
YMMV.

Cindy Hamilton
.

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