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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
That seems to be the common argument, but why should I want to evaluate a servers performance and judge their deserved pay +/- the obligate 15% every time I go out to eat, get a haricut etc. I'd much rather just go out, eat etc., pay and leave all the while expecting good service and having management take care of it.
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I can honestly tell you that, as a server myself, you would be getting much worse service if the tip was automatically included or if the restaurant industry paid a higher wage to their servers and abolished tipping. I am not saying this about myself, because I beleive I would give good service no matter what the scenario, but as with any job, a lot of people are just inherantly lazy. Many of the people I work with would no longer go the extra mile for a table, if they knew that they were guaranteed their wage. Tipping encourages hard work, and I don't think you can argue that. It's not always the case, but I do feel that the way our restaurant industry does things here in Canada and the States is a lot better than the way European countries do it with their automatic 15% tip.
As an interesting and non related side-note, did anybody know that in some fancy restaurants around the world, the waiters actually pay the restaurant for their position? I met a guy who is a waiter in some fancy restaurant in New York, and actually pays the restaurant $1000 dollars a month in order to be employed by them. He makes his total living off of tips. Also, apparently every time a new server is "hired" (I don't know what else to call it....
), the existing waiters all interview the person and can veto the hiring if they don't feel he would work well on their team. Interesting concept.