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Originally posted by windword
WOW! I bet you charge customers for drinks that you don't ring up too.
Look, if a customer hands you a 100 dollar bill, up and above your tip, put it in your pocket, sure. But the IRS will get their 8% tax on your sales. Like Mitt says, don't pay a penny MORE than you have to.
Originally posted by Flatfish
reply to post by windword
I too saw this story in the news today. I'll just bet that restaurant owner has great healthcare insurance.
My wife & I have decided to stop in, every time we see a Denny's or Dairy Queen, just to privately tip a waitress. Actually, we'll call it a healthcare gift, that way it doesn't have to be shared with their employer as it was not for services rendered while under his employ.
Then we're going to eat somewhere else.
For some reason I hadn't considered the more-servers-may-not-claim-their-tips angle. A VERY likely possibility. Even for some of the honest ones who are presently doing "the right thing."
Originally posted by buster2010
Talk about taking the fast track to bankruptcy. Screwing customers over isn't the best way to stay in business.edit on 15-11-2012 by buster2010 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by FreebirdGirl
There is nothing capitalistic about companies getting bailouts and incentives from the government. Why is it only socialism when citizens receive help?
Originally posted by Char-Lee
reply to post by iwilliam
For some reason I hadn't considered the more-servers-may-not-claim-their-tips angle. A VERY likely possibility. Even for some of the honest ones who are presently doing "the right thing."
there is a mandatory percentage taxed regardless.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Originally posted by iwilliam
Let me put this another way, briefly:
The late Sam Walton is the guy who started and build Wal-Mart.
Wal Mart, as we know, is one of the biggest companies out there. Huge.
Where would wal-mart or Sam Walton have ended up without the labor of MILLIONS of other people?
I'll tell you where -- a small mom and pop store with only Walton and maybe one or two other employees. And that's all it EVER would have been.
So Sam provided a living wage for those millions of people too, dont forget that. He also offers merchandise at a very low cost that benefits millions more people.
www.addictinginfo.org...
After it was reported that the heirs of Walmart were worth the same amount as the bottom 40 percent of Americans, you probably thought there couldn’t possibly be anymore reasons to hate the colossal seller of crappy merchandise. Paying its Chinese workers a nickel-an-hour to make more Snuggies and making its octogenarian greeters stand for hours in order to say hello to shoppers who belch and fart in their direction is really appalling, but that it reaps the biggest benefits from the food stamp program–the evil socialist program that dares to allow working families to eat something other than discarded paint chips, and the very program that Republicans smear and want to destroy–truly ups the ante.
•Walmart’s intentionally low wages force employees to need approximately $420,000 per year, per store, totalling $2.66 BILLION annually in food stamps and other taxpayer assistance…to survive.
•Walmart’s intentionally low wages cost the country HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars in payroll tax deductions for Federal, State, and Local taxes.
•Walmart’s intentionally low wages cost our communities the ability to hire and retain important public service workers like firefighters, police officers, maintenance workers, and teachers.
•Walmart’s intentionally low wages cost our communities with their increased need for those same public services they are underfunding.
•Walmart’s intentionally low wages and lack of covered benefits cost taxpayers over $1.02 BILLION a year in healthcare costs.
•Walmart’s intentionally low wages cost taxpayers as much as $225 MILLION in free and reduced price lunches for school-age children.
•Walmart’s intentionally low wages cost taxpayers over $780 MILLION in tax deductions for low-income families.
www.ilsr.org...
More than a dozen other states have reported large numbers of big-box employees and their dependents relying on health and welfare programs:
•In Florida, according to state data obtained by the St. Petersburg Times, 12,300 Wal-Mart employees and their dependents are enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program.
•Massachusetts spent nearly $3 million last year providing health insurance coverage for Wal-Mart employees and their dependents. Other top users of state welfare programs included employees of Dunkin Donuts, Stop & Shop, CVS, and Home Depot.
•In Arkansas, Wal-Mart’s home state, 3,971 of its employees rely on some form of public assistance
The Walton Family is by far the richest family in the world (the dispersed fortunes of the Rockefellers and others being unknown to the public), their wealth inherited from Bud and Sam Walton, founders of the world’s biggest retailer,Wal-Mart.The Waltons have a combined wealth of US$93 billion according to Forbes 2011 billionaires list.
14. Red Robin
13. Sonic
12. Ruby Tuesday
11. Carrols Restaurant Group (Pollo Tropical, Taco Cabana)
10. Einstein Noah Restaurant Group
9. O'Charley's (its namesake as well as Ninety Nine Restaurant and Stoney River Legendary Steaks)
8. Ruth's Hospitality Group (Ruth's Chris Steak House, Mitchell's Fish Market)
7. McCormick & Schmick's
6. Bravo Brio Restaurant Group (BRAVO! Cucina Italiana and BRIO Tuscan Grille)
5. Domino's Pizza
4. DineEquity (IHOP, Applebee's)
3. Morton's Restaurant Group
2. Wendy's/Arby's
1. Denny's
Originally posted by windword
reply to post by iwilliam
There's a lot of industries that receive tips, but they're not recorded by the company, like valets and taxi cabs. When I go the a hairdresser, they don't offer a line on my credit charge slip to add gratuity, so I have to remember to bring cash for a tip, same with most massage practitioners (massueses?).
Originally posted by FreebirdGirl
...Walmart provide a living wage?...
Originally posted by sligtlyskeptical
Originally posted by hawkiye
ha ha ha too funny how everyone is bagging on this guy for being greedy when all the other restaurants will just raise their prices and not say a word. But all the geniuses claim they will take their business elsewhere (and pay the same higher prices but not have to think about why) and the severs will look elsewhere so they can get better tips. LOL higher prices will effect tips whether they are known or not. At least this guy is letting the people know why the prices are higher...
Here is my prediction his business will do just fine. More businesses should do this so people can start getting a clue on how things actually work instead of thinking prices rise by osmosis and welfare grows freely on trees and stop supporting idiots like Obama Bush Romney Clinton and the whole anti-liberty crowd that has been ruining this country for decades...
edit on 15-11-2012 by hawkiye because: (no reason given)
Tips are almost always given on the amount of the check. Higher prices = higher tips. in that respect he is screwing over the servers even more.
Walmart provide a living wage?
Originally posted by elouina
Originally posted by FreebirdGirl
There is nothing capitalistic about companies getting bailouts and incentives from the government. Why is it only socialism when citizens receive help?
And why are you putting words in peoples mouths? Perhaps we don't feel bailouts or corporate welfare are appropriate either? I know I certainly don't. Perhaps you ought to look into your Obamas buddies history of bailouts and corporate welfare. The same person that put down Romney on getting rid of subsidies for "big bird". I would much rather see someone have health insurance than to see subsidized cars or television programs. My cousin got an Obama tax write off on a green car to the tune of $20,000. And that "extra money" that paid for Obama phones? Well, you decide, which is more important?
We really do need the crap removed from our budget. And Obama is not planning any such thing. Romney would have, and as much as I didn't care for his personality, he would have kicked butt.