GQ wrote:
> On 4/18/05 1:24 PM, oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com wrote:
>> There aren't any "laws" in this manner and one can tip about
>> whatever
>> they want, or not at all.
>
> Except that you hear more and more stories of servers who run after
> customers saying they did not leave a good enough tip. I've never
> experienced it here in Toronto, but I've heard of this on several
> occassions from different people, particularly from restaurants in New
> York. I wonder if this is becoming a trend.
Have never heard of that. But if it is happening in the U.S., I'd blame the
IRS as the cause:
http://www.gastronomica.org/pages/sample4.2.html
Basically, given a mix of cash and credit card (CC) payments to a
restaurant, the IRS has used the average CC tip amounts to estimate the
tips on the cash payments and expects taxes to be paid on it. If you, as a
customer, pay by cash and undertip, the restaurant could be hit up for
taxes by the IRS on income they never received. |