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Tipping with pennies? Not to be ungrateful, but that's tacky.
I hate when people want to tip 10%, or 20% but insist on calculating it out to the cent and can't deal with rounding up to the nearest dollar . I have seen people actually getting out pennies! Like when Rachael Ray orders a huge meal with drinks on her show "$40 a day," receives perfect, perky, prompt service, and then leaves a $0.30 tip! Qu'est-ce que c'est?!
— Rae, but not Rachael Ray from ca | Dining | 8.19.2010 | Comments (8)
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personally, i'd rather get the pennies than have them round down.
— yiannis
True. One time someone tipped me with a $0.35 postage stamp on a huge corporate lunch order. It was so weird.
— Rae, but not rachael ray
i've been tipped with condoms, on several occasions--it was the 90s and safe sex was all the rage. of course i didn't ever use them b/c you never know what kind of sicko is going to poke holes through them.
— yiannis
Actually...leaving a penny is an old fashioned way of complementing your server. (accompanied by a substantial tip of course)
— Leigh
It's money! Why are you complaining?
— Anonymous
The government taxes servers on 8% of their food sales, assuming they will be receiving at least that much in tip. Also, in many states, servers only receive a wage of $2.13 or so an hour, because the government assumes their tips will make up for it. If you can't afford to tip, then go to McDonald's.
— Natalie posted 8/19/2010
if you're not making minimum wage with your hourly wage + tips then the owner or manager of the restaurant should up your wages. It is your responsibility to stand up for yourself by either asking for a raise or notifying your states' workforce commission. ALSO if you don't like the tips, don't do the job. One last thing: I've NEVER met a server, bartender, barista, delivery driver that claimed all their tips.
— Well actually posted 8/20/2010
Well Actually: Ha! If only restaurants worked that way. Some of us LIKE being employed.
— Kathleen posted 9/29/2010
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