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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Elfert View Post
    Is there a law that says a service charge on a restaurant bill has to go to the servers? They did get sued, but I don't recall the outcome. This wasn't an automatic gratuity for large groups like some restaurants, but something that was on every bill.
    Brian, as far as I can tell, it's complicated and seems to vary a bit state by state. In some states, the service charge must go to those who provided the service; in others, it can go into general restaurant revenue but in that case the restaurant must pay their servers the federal minimum wage ($7.50?), not the tip-exception rate of $2.13/hr.

    IRS regulations that went into final effect this year require that the service charge that goes to employees be considered wages, and taxed accordingly; meaning, the server gets the money but it's taxed as ordinary wage income.

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    I wonder if a club could call it something besides a service charge so it doesn't have to be paid to employees? Of course, clubs should just be honest about it and raise the prices by 15% if they want that money to go to the club and not to the wait staff.

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    If there is an actual service provided, then giving a gratuity is appropriate, IMHO. For things like curb-side, it certainly would be just a token tip. I generally do 20% for sit down service. For places that I pick up at the counter and the folks behind it are just taking orders and "delivering" to me at the counter, I don't generally tip.
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    Apparently my wife loses more money at the casino than I do. As a result they sent her a 'gold card'. Now the gold card comes with the perk of 'free' valet parking. In other words, they want me to pay some car jockey a $5-$10??? Tip Because they think I might be too lazy to park my own car(truck)? Nahh I'll park for free in the lot. I have to walk in anyway. I always tip in sitdown restaurants, usually 15% of the pretax total, but servers in Ontario have a much higher minimum wage ($8-$10). I'm the only one that works for $2.00 an hour it seems sometimes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Cunningham View Post
    Now the gold card comes with the perk of 'free' valet parking. In other words, they want me to pay some car jockey a $5-$10??? Tip Because they think I might be too lazy to park my own car(truck)?
    That's one thing I love about Vegas. Free valet just about everywhere. We meet visiting family at nice restaurants at casinos on the strip, and I valet and carry the kids in on my shoulders. If you live here, you see everything, but I like to think the valet are amused/confused by my acting like a whale while carrying my kids everywhere.

    Also, just FYI, here in the US, valet tipping is typically $2-$5, depending on how hard it is to get the car. Real whales (i.e. not me!) and people with money to burn often tip more, but I've never received glares for tipping $2-$5. Some people don't tip at all, assuming the valets are earning a wage! Most I've ever tipped a valet was $20 to keep the motor running and leave it in the registration lane - I had an urgent errand to run prior to a (very) upcoming wedding, and didn't need to mess with parking/etc. We were BOTH happy with the outcome of that particular interchange.


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    I would suggest that folks that are cheap tippers never worked food service or had someone close who did. I always tipped 15% until my son's ex worked as a waitress during college. Now it's generally 20% unless I feel they weren't doing their job. Funny, I picked up carry out ribs the other night and the usual tip jar said something about college fund, but the only folks I could see working there didn't look like college age folks. Their kids maybe...
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