Finally, Make the Frenchies Pay their Fair Share!

Post by **Coito ergo sum** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:22 pm

Vermont town where restaurants add 18 percent to the bill for anyone who speaks French because 'foreigners are bad tippers'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z24yMBa059

LOL -- it's about town the French Canadians, and the French, paid their fair share.... yeah you, cheapskates!

Post by **MrJonno** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:27 pm

Culture clash, staff should be paid a decent wage (including a compulsory service charge if needed) not relying on what is basically pot luck (or a low cut top) to earn a living

Post by **tattuchu** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:31 pm

the fuck?

Post by **Coito ergo sum** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:26 pm

MrJonno wrote:Culture clash, staff should be paid a decent wage (including a compulsory service charge if needed) not relying on what is basically pot luck (or a low cut top) to earn a living

LOL - they ARE paid a decent wage. You just don't understand the system. Waiters and waitresses LIKE getting tips, because they can take home a lot more than they would ever be paid if the restaurant limited their pay to a mere hourly wage.

Post by **SteveB** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:07 pm

I thought the French didn't tip much, because the tip is already added into the bill and maybe they don't know how the tipping works in non-French restaurants. Time for the French to sue for discrimination.

Post by **Seth** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:06 am

Nibbler wrote:I thought the French didn't tip much, because the tip is already added into the bill and maybe they don't know how the tipping works in non-French restaurants. Time for the French to sue for discrimination.

Is it illegal to discriminate against the French?

Post by **Brian Peacock** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:07 am

That'll teach the garlic-munching surrender-monkeys.

Post by **Svartalf** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 1:45 am

Do I see a large lawsuit in the making?

Post by **Svartalf** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 1:47 am

Nibbler wrote:I thought the French didn't tip much, because the tip is already added into the bill and maybe they don't know how the tipping works in non-French restaurants. Time for the French to sue for discrimination.

That's how we do it, and apparently also how they do it an Maple County.

Post by **Svartalf** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 1:48 am

Brian Peacock wrote:That'll teach the garlic-munching surrender-monkeys.

I mouth breathe in your general direction

Post by **Tero** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:21 am

Yeah you don't tip in Your-rope. That way the waiters can insult you. In their foreign tongue. But some places require a coat check, or used to.

Post by **SteveB** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:27 am

Seth wrote:
Nibbler wrote:I thought the French didn't tip much, because the tip is already added into the bill and maybe they don't know how the tipping works in non-French restaurants. Time for the French to sue for discrimination.
Is it illegal to discriminate against the French?

Yep. They can always invade instead to get their plat froid.

Post by **Svartalf** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:48 am

Seth wrote:
Nibbler wrote:I thought the French didn't tip much, because the tip is already added into the bill and maybe they don't know how the tipping works in non-French restaurants. Time for the French to sue for discrimination.
Is it illegal to discriminate against the French?

If it's illegal to discriminate against niggers and ragheads, you bet it is to do so against your natural betters.
Better understand that varlet, or I'll have my lackeys drive it in with a good drubbing.

Post by **Pappa** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 7:45 am

Coito ergo sum wrote:
MrJonno wrote:Culture clash, staff should be paid a decent wage (including a compulsory service charge if needed) not relying on what is basically pot luck (or a low cut top) to earn a living
LOL - they ARE paid a decent wage. You just don't understand the system. Waiters and waitresses LIKE getting tips, because they can take home a lot more than they would ever be paid if the restaurant limited their pay to a mere hourly wage.

Really?

tipped labor must be paid a minimum of $2.13 per hour, as long as the hourly wage plus tipped income result in a minimum of $5.85 per hour

And then there's the thing about them paying tax on their expected tips whether they've earned any or not.

Post by **Coito ergo sum** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:36 pm

Pappa wrote:
Coito ergo sum wrote:
MrJonno wrote:Culture clash, staff should be paid a decent wage (including a compulsory service charge if needed) not relying on what is basically pot luck (or a low cut top) to earn a living
LOL - they ARE paid a decent wage. You just don't understand the system. Waiters and waitresses LIKE getting tips, because they can take home a lot more than they would ever be paid if the restaurant limited their pay to a mere hourly wage.
Really?

Yup.

Pappa wrote:
tipped labor must be paid a minimum of $2.13 per hour, as long as the hourly wage plus tipped income result in a minimum of $5.85 per hour
And then there's the thing about them paying tax on their expected tips whether they've earned any or not.

Nobody would be a waiter for $5.85 an hour. The average waiter or waitress reports (reports, mind you -- and they never report all the cash) between $11 and $15 an hour.

I've worked in and known many folks working in different positions in the restaurant industry, and none of them would work the job if they made $6 an hour. That's $48 a day for a shift. It's hardly worth the drive into work.

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