This link was posted elsewhere: Inexorably Inconsiderate In it, a customer decides to use a tip jar as a give-a-penny fund.
OK, definitely cheap. Definitely not right.
But... Is anyone else getting sick of the proliferation of tip jars? Seems like anywhere other than a chain fast food restaurant has one out... and I've even seen them in some of them! I understand wanting some more money in these minimum or just-above wage jobs... but if tipped employees are supposed to be paid differently than regular employees. Generally, that means just enough of a paycheck to take taxes and any benefits out of. So... if you figure a dollar a customer, and let's wildly guess that a decently successful coffee shop does 100 customers during the morning rush, and the same during the evening rush. In my experience, you've got two to four employees working during each rush, and I'll assume they split the jar at the end of each shift. So... they're getting a "free" $25 boost every shift.
OK, definitely cheap. Definitely not right.
But... Is anyone else getting sick of the proliferation of tip jars? Seems like anywhere other than a chain fast food restaurant has one out... and I've even seen them in some of them! I understand wanting some more money in these minimum or just-above wage jobs... but if tipped employees are supposed to be paid differently than regular employees. Generally, that means just enough of a paycheck to take taxes and any benefits out of. So... if you figure a dollar a customer, and let's wildly guess that a decently successful coffee shop does 100 customers during the morning rush, and the same during the evening rush. In my experience, you've got two to four employees working during each rush, and I'll assume they split the jar at the end of each shift. So... they're getting a "free" $25 boost every shift.