Quote:
Originally Posted by fredr123
I think the "hospitality" industry is a bit different than other service industries. There's not really any contract in place between you and your customers aside from the one that says flat coke and half an ounce of rum is $6.50. The tip, after the transaction, is basically equivalent to handing an ad-exec a bulging envelope of cash to sweeten the deal after the fact. In one case, you're a bartender and it's okay. In the other...
|
Imagine how much that rum and coke would cost if they were paying the staff adult wages. A mouthbreathing teenager can make 15 bucks an hour at Tim Horton's. A competent adult who can actually run a bar would command at least double that in Calgary.
One way or the other, we'd be paying the staff something. If a bartender makes a wage of 30 bucks an hour and doesn't get tips, we'd be buying a 10 dollar drink.