How Software in Half of NYC Cabs Generates $5.2M a Year in Extra Tips

Re:How Software in Half of NYC Cabs Generates $5.2M a Year i... by acjohnson55 on Monday January 05, 2015 @09:29PM (#8842613)

You should feel crappy if you don't tip. It's an "honor system" but the wages assume that people tip servers. I know, it's absurd, but that's the system. If you don't want to tip, please don't eat at places where waitstaff are paid a wage that presumes tips.

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Re:How Software in Half of NYC Cabs Generates $5.2M a Year i... by user58909 on Monday January 05, 2015 @09:59PM (#8842695)

That's not true everywhere. In Washington State (and some other places around US) minimum wage is the same for everyone including tipped employees. So please stop spreading this flawed logic and accept that it's just another way for restaurant owners screw you over with your own full consent

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Re:How Software in Half of NYC Cabs Generates $5.2M a Year i... by thezilch on Monday January 05, 2015 @09:47PM (#8842660)

And what places are those? And how much?

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Re:How Software in Half of NYC Cabs Generates $5.2M a Year i... by dragonwriter on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @09:47AM (#8844524)

> And what places are those?

What places don't assume that waitstaff are tipped? Fast food restaurants and in-grocery-store ready-to-eat food-service areas. And places that explicitly advertise prices with "service included" (though these are rare.)

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Re:How Software in Half of NYC Cabs Generates $5.2M a Year i... by acjohnson55 on Monday January 05, 2015 @10:10PM (#8842723)

I honestly don't know, and so I tip 18-20% everywhere, if I order a sit down meal. I order for pickup if I'm trying to eat out and save money.

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