Richard wrote:
> You're missing the big picture. A drink you mix at home is not the same as a
> mixed drink served to you at a bar or a club. At the club you're not only
> paying for the drink and its markup, you're also paying for the atmosphere
> provided by the club: the decor, the music, the fact that there are likely
> fewer single women in your living room than there are at the club, so on and
> so forth. All of that is factored into the price.
I appreciate that these places have overhead. I consider live music worth paying
extra for, but not loud recorded music. The ambience may (or may not) attract
single women, but if I were in the market for single women I would not expect
that to be part of the bar's overhead.
So while I realize that the bar's overhead is the reason for the markup on the
drinks, I am wondering why the higher drink prices mean the waiters are entitled
to a bigger tip. They may be using premium liquors, nicer glasses, have more
expensive furniture, real art on the walls and an expensive musician playing an
expensive house piano..... but why does that make the waiter's labour worth
twice as much?
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> I don't know how things work in Ontario but here in Quebec, the government
> assumes that a waiter or waitress will make 15% in tips. Based on that
> assumption, they automatically tax him/her as if though he/she made those
> tips. So if you go somewhere and order a $10 mixed drink, then only tip 50
> cents because you feel the mark-up is outrageous, your waitress has to pay
> income tax on a dollar she never earned. Even if she agrees with you that $10
> is an outrageous price for a rum-and-coke.
I will be more concerned about that when those who are overtipped start
declaring the higher amounts :-)
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