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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
I don't really understand why it will cost more to pay the server and owner the same money that they were making? Unless you are suggesting that fewer people would frequent the restaurant so the prices will have to go up.
As for the terrible service that would come from paying the servers a fixed $30 an hour wage I think that is BS. Most industry employ people who work hard without the immediate reward of tips and I don't see why the restaurant can't do the same. Maybe the manager would need to step up and start managing his people better to maintain service levels. I would think you can find good waiters if you were advertising $30 per hour.
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Your second paragraph is why I quit tipping based on service and just tip a lat rate. I dont get a tip based on my hourly performance so why should I evaluate others like this. If I have a bad day I still make the same amount so servers should be the same. Tipping treats servers like dogs asking for a treat. Sit, bring my ranch dressing, heres a dollar.
Costs wouldnt change on a per meal basis but peoples perception of the cost would so you would lose business. Now if a restaurant just went to a flat service charge the same way groups of 6 or 8 or more are handled in might work.