8/29/24                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               After years of talking tipping at our weekly breakfast customers are finally tired of seeing the tip percentages go up. You regularly see recommended tip amounts on menus and on your receipts. Up to 28% , and even the new sneaky way of actually adding the tip they recommend to your bill (be careful to look before you pay and leave another tip unknowingly). I was saved by my daughter when she pointed out to me at a family dinner that there was a tip in our bill already.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Why does this bother me, well it comes down to politics. In NYS these owners are allowed a "Tip Credit of up to $5.12 per hr" which they deduct from the minimum wage they pay the employee. The more you tip the less minimum wage the employer pays. If they want me to subsidize their business, just make me a partner. Any business that can charge you $12.50 for two pancakes and then wants you to add another 28% to help pay the employee minimum wage, and it's all lawful, sounds pretty good. By the way there's no tipping allowed in England, and they get better employees who give better service.

                                               I guess that's why Donnie and Kamala are both talking about it.