We went to a nice restaurant the other night. The food was good, the service was good, not great, and the prices were reasonable. At the end of the meal when the bill was presented, there was a "TIP" of 18% added to the total. Below that, and later on the credit card printout, there was a space for "ADDITIONAL TIP" on top of the mandatory one. First of all, I object to mandatory tipping as it does not encourage great service AND it is not actually a tip at all. This is really paying for the salaries of the restaurant's employees. Can you imagine going to a doctor's office and at the bottom of your office visit charge slip there is an entry for an additional 18% to pay the nurse and the option to pay even more if the exam table was not too cold and she only had to stick you once to draw blood or some other special service? So now I am being asked to not only pay the restaurant's employee's salary, but another tip on top of that. Really? Bad enough we get "Market Price" on anything that is more costly than chop meat, now we are pressured to double tip. I think I will eat at home more. Save a few 18-20% tips and the Kitty can get another pair of Manolos.
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