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New York Restaurants Starting To Demand 30% Tip
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 17549114:MV8xOTk1MDQyXzMzNTI1MTgzXzk3QjFDQjk0] [quote:Anonymous Coward 24135065:MV8xOTk1MDQyXzMzNTE2MDU3XzcxQTVDRUM5] [quote:Anonymous Coward 17549114:MV8xOTk1MDQyXzMzNTEyNTI3X0I3NEQwREIy] [quote:Anonymous Coward 24058104:MV8xOTk1MDQyXzMzNTExMzc0XzQ1MEI3QjEx] [quote:Anonymous Coward 23940512:MV8xOTk1MDQyXzMzNTExMzM4XzI4RDFGMjNF] What will they do if you don't leave that much? Or even none? [/quote] They'll commit a crime the next time you'll be there. Not seen as a crime tho, [sarcasm] because it's YOUR fault the employees are under paid, not the employer. [/sarcasm] [/quote] Restaurant usually make about 10% profit. Jewlers 300%. Picking on the little guy make you feel big and bad? [/quote] No fucking way man. Markup on food is at least 100%. Restaurants have great margins, drinks are even higher markup. How much does a glass of soda cost the owner? Probably 10 cents if they have a fountain, and they are charging you at least 1.50. That's 1500% markup on drinks,and alcohol is always at least a 300% markup. There is not restaurant in the world that operates on less then a 30 or 40 % margin. [/quote] Add food cost, labor, location(rent or mortgage) insurance, electric, gas ect, ahd a restaurant makes about 10%. I stand by what I say. [/quote]
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In a bid to boost their wages, New York food servers are now suggesting diners leave tips of up to 30per cent.
With many U.S. restaurants permitted to pay staff as little as $2.15 per hour, workers often rely on service charges to supplement their income.
But following an increase to 20per cent over recent years, the average tip rate is set to rise again.
An article in today's New York Post reveals that 'gratuities can run to 25 or even 30per cent, a number that might have been laughed off just a few years ago.'
Steve Dublanica - a former waiter and author of tipping guides Keep the Change and Waiter Rant - confirmed that the 'tip creep' phenomenon has plagued restaurant-goers for decades.
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