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Posted: 4/2/2015 1:03:53 AM EDT
[#1]
I do because I've heard stories of waiters having to share tips or putting tips in a pool. Fuck that, I'm tipping you not the whole restaurant.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 1:07:00 AM EDT
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If I have cash, I leave cash and the tip line I write "cash" so they can report whatever they want. this. and to keep any who may be less than honest from writing in their own tip on my card |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 1:16:37 AM EDT
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fuckem. I pay taxes why shouldnt they? also a lot of places pool the tips and I am sure they are taxed anyways. I almost never carry cash anyways.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 1:23:06 AM EDT
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fuckem. I pay taxes why shouldnt they? also a lot of places pool the tips and I am sure they are taxed anyways. I almost never carry cash anyways. They don't pool tips. They are taxed on declared income. |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 1:27:20 AM EDT
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I do and I write Cash on the tip line bold and clear. I've heard too many stories of wait staff changing the tip amount on the receipt (adding a 1 in the ten spot,etc.) so by putting cash on the line and on the table, it's one less thing to worry about happening.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 1:29:57 AM EDT
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If you pay with plastic...well it is a shitstorm and it can get counted against whatever the waitress is paid hourly. Pay cash and the waitress gets her money immediately without the bullshit.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 1:35:22 AM EDT
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Same here, and for the same reason. Except I explicitly do it so they can not claim it on their taxes.  Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I use a credit card for just about everything nowadays. Even the bill at restaurants. One exception is tipping at restaurants. When I have cash, I try to leave cash. I figure the server can claim it on his taxes as required. Same here, and for the same reason. Except I explicitly do it so they can not claim it on their taxes. The server's handling of their taxes is none of my business. 
Also, I write "CASH" on the tip line instead of writing the amount left as a tip. |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 2:08:58 AM EDT
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I usually put it on the CC. I can keep track that way and I get double cash back points. Besides, I don't carry that much cash anymore. About the only place I use cash is at the gas station and buying small stuff where it's less than the CC minimum.
I pay taxes and so should the waitress. Aloha, Mark |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 2:46:05 AM EDT
[#9]
CASH is the only legitimate tip.
Your plastic is just someone ELSE's pain in the ass. |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 2:55:07 AM EDT
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generally, yes. maybe 70% of the time.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 2:57:29 AM EDT
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They don't pool tips. They are taxed on declared income. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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fuckem. I pay taxes why shouldnt they? also a lot of places pool the tips and I am sure they are taxed anyways. I almost never carry cash anyways. They don't pool tips. They are taxed on declared income. Which gets declared for them. At minimum wage of course. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 3:02:36 AM EDT
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If I have cash, I leave cash and the tip line I write "cash" so they can report whatever they want. I leave cash, too, but I always just drew a line through the tip line...I think I like your idea better. |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 3:04:24 AM EDT
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Credit card always. If you pay in cash, the server can stiff the busboy and everyone else that is supposed to get a taste.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 4:59:27 AM EDT
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I use a credit card for just about everything nowadays. Even the bill at restaurants. One exception is tipping at restaurants. When I have cash, I try to leave cash. I figure the server can claim it on his taxes as required. Most servers seem to live on the edge, so: - If I leave $5 cash, the server can use that $5 immediately. - If I leave $5 on the card, the server won't see $3 until payday. The other $2 he may not see until he gets his tax refund in April 2016. Any thoughts here? 1. Oftentimes, the restaurant fails to give the server the tip if it is on your credit card. 2. The restaurant is required to charge sales tax on the tip which you put on the card. 3. "To Insure Prompt Service:" Next time I'm in that restaurant, the server will remember me! When presented with the credit card slip, I write "CASH" on the line that says TIP. |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 5:02:45 AM EDT
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fuckem. I pay taxes why shouldnt they? also a lot of places pool the tips and I am sure they are taxed anyways. I almost never carry cash anyways. My mom used to write (and teach) taxes for H&R Block. She says that the IRS has a table which tells them how much a person will make on tips, based on how much revenue the restaurant makes. She came home once with an unnerving story: she had a client who worked in a restaurant that didn't allow tipping,yet the Infernal Revenue Service made her pay taxes on uncollected tips! The poor girl left the office in tears. |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 5:06:38 AM EDT
[#16]
Always. It is not my job to force them to claim it.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 5:06:56 AM EDT
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If you have a great meal. Tip the chef. Tell them your name. Ask to speak to the chef. Give the money directly to the kitchen staff. If you give it to the server to pass it on...Likely hood is that the chef will never see the money. IF you tip the chef, give them your name. Next time that you dine there. Tell the server to mention to the chef hey. So and so is here. You will have better food. Plus the chef will probably remember you and make sure that you get better service.
I say this because, servers make more money than the chef most times. When ever I see regular customers in my place. (I work in an open kitchen.) I remember those that are good to me, and I always send them something special. So, yes it is good to leave a good tip to the server. But please. Don't forget the chef! |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 5:33:55 AM EDT
[#18]
Always.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 6:07:18 AM EDT
[#19]
I leave cash
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Posted: 4/2/2015 6:14:33 AM EDT
[#20]
Every restaurant I deliver to, tips out there servers in cash at the end of their shift. Even their CC tips.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 6:20:47 AM EDT
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Always.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 6:24:25 AM EDT
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Same here, and for the same reason. Except I explicitly do it so they can not claim it on their taxes. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I use a credit card for just about everything nowadays. Even the bill at restaurants. One exception is tipping at restaurants. When I have cash, I try to leave cash. I figure the server can claim it on his taxes as required. Same here, and for the same reason. Except I explicitly do it so they can not claim it on their taxes. I give tip in cash and write down "no tip" on the bill. FIRS and FBHO |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 6:25:29 AM EDT
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I just put it on the CC. But, if my wife is with me, she insist I leave the TIP in cash.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 6:30:53 AM EDT
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I use a credit card for just about everything nowadays. Even the bill at restaurants. One exception is tipping at restaurants. When I have cash, I try to leave cash. I figure the server can claim it on his taxes as required. Most servers seem to live on the edge, so: - If I leave $5 cash, the server can use that $5 immediately. - If I leave $5 on the card, the server won't see $3 until payday. The other $2 he may not see until he gets his tax refund in April 2016. Any thoughts here? The servers tax or financial situation is not even on my radar. I always tip 20% and it's either cash or credit . |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 7:07:23 AM EDT
[#25]
I don't tip
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Posted: 4/2/2015 7:51:59 AM EDT
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Always--and I NEVER leave it on the table. Many years ago I saw a scumbag walk past a table and very discreetly grab the tip money. He never even looked down. As I saw it I told him to put it back. Since then I always pay the bill, then seek out the server and hand it to him/her. I am the same way. I do not like to leave cash tip money on the table. I always tip in cash. |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 7:56:59 AM EDT
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Same here, and for the same reason. Except I explicitly do it so they can not claim it on their taxes. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I use a credit card for just about everything nowadays. Even the bill at restaurants. One exception is tipping at restaurants. When I have cash, I try to leave cash. I figure the server can claim it on his taxes as required. Same here, and for the same reason. Except I explicitly do it so they can not claim it on their taxes. same here. |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:00:20 AM EDT
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My fiancee is a waitress, and where she works credit card tips are paid out at the end of every shift in cash. She has to claim at least 10% of her sales as tips, even if she doesn't make a 10% tip average for the day - which is really rare, but has happened.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:00:25 AM EDT
[#29]
Try to leave cash.
A while back my wife and I went out to lunch and she a CC to pay. She also used the CC for tip. When she looked at the statement later that week the waiter had taken MORE in tip than she had written it out for. She called and complained, got the money back, but still that's BS. From then on it was cash. |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:10:08 AM EDT
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For those of you who write CASH or ON TABLE on your receipt, you realize you're defeating the purpose of leaving them cash for a tip? If the purpose is to give them the opportunity to claim (or not) on their taxes, you just left a record that they did, in fact, get a tip for that sale.
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My fiancee is a waitress, and where she works credit card tips are paid out at the end of every shift in cash. She has to claim at least 10% of her sales as tips, even if she doesn't make a 10% tip average for the day - which is really rare, but has happened. Mrs Limaxray worked as a waitress in college at a truck stop. Rarely got to the 10%. But she kept a daily log of her tips claimed what she actually got (averaged about 7%), and when the IRS audited her, she just sent them a photocopy of the logbook, we never heard another word about it. |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:19:11 AM EDT
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If I have cash, I leave cash and the tip line I write "cash" so they can report whatever they want. Exactly this 
I've had servers thank me for doing it this way, so that's how I do it. I certainly wouldn't want to serve picky, rude assholes for a living, so whatever I can do to express my appreciation is worth it. If the service was exceptional, I also try to make it a point to find the manager on my way out to say so. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:21:13 AM EDT
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If you pay with plastic...well it is a shitstorm and it can get counted against whatever the waitress is paid hourly. Pay cash and the waitress gets her money immediately without the bullshit. How is it counted against them? They have an hourly salary, that although low is still their hourly salary. I only tip with my credit card. 1. It makes it more likely they will pay taxes on their full income, just like I and most other people that work do. Why should they get an exception? 2. For those that complain they don't receive the tip instantly, well too bad. I don't receive my wages every day either, I receive them every two weeks, Even McDonalds employees don't receive their paycheck every day. If this creates a hardship then they should learn to budget, or change jobs if they don't like it. |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:24:15 AM EDT
[#33]
I used to be a lot better about that, but admittedly I don't carry the same amount of cash on me that I used to.
I guess it's the fact that the ATM machines charge huge fees now and my bank doesn't have a lot of ATM's around town. |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:26:38 AM EDT
[#34]
I leave cash tips unless I happen to not have any of the right denomination on me.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:27:34 AM EDT
[#35]
So much tax fraud up in here.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:30:04 AM EDT
[#36]
never thought of it always do the card thanks !
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:32:14 AM EDT
[#37]
Either cash or on a debit card.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:32:17 AM EDT
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OK, now that we've established that the cool kids leave cash for the waitress, please allow me to derail . . .
Do you pay for gun transfers with cash or on the card? |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:32:36 AM EDT
[#39]
I always tip in cash.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:37:56 AM EDT
[#40]
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Same here, and for the same reason. Except I explicitly do it so they can not claim it on their taxes. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I use a credit card for just about everything nowadays. Even the bill at restaurants. One exception is tipping at restaurants. When I have cash, I try to leave cash. I figure the server can claim it on his taxes as required. Same here, and for the same reason. Except I explicitly do it so they can not claim it on their taxes. This. |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:40:30 AM EDT
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Yes, unless it's a woman, they get 77 cents.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:41:01 AM EDT
[#42]
The only time I put a tip on the card is for a business dinner.
Anything personal, cash, always. |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:41:19 AM EDT
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I use a credit card for just about everything nowadays. Even the bill at restaurants. One exception is tipping at restaurants. When I have cash, I try to leave cash. I figure the server can claim it on his taxes as required. Same here, and for the same reason. Except I explicitly do it so they can not claim it on their taxes. This. This |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 8:43:44 AM EDT
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I use a credit card for just about everything nowadays. Even the bill at restaurants. One exception is tipping at restaurants. When I have cash, I try to leave cash. I figure the server can claim it on his taxes as required. Most servers seem to live on the edge, so: - If I leave $5 cash, the server can use that $5 immediately. - If I leave $5 on the card, the server won't see $3 until payday. The other $2 he may not see until he gets his tax refund in April 2016. Any thoughts here? I use cash for all tips. It's a tip, the man don't need to know I gifted some cash to someone for busting their ass for me! |
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Posted: 4/2/2015 11:03:25 AM EDT
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I don't carry much cash.
When I do and I eat at a restaurant, I leave a cash tip. If I'm not, (95% of the time), I write in the tip in the tip line. I'm sorry they get taxed on it, but I have waaaaaaay too much going on in my life to remember to carry a wad of ones and fives to throw on the table as a tip. 
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Posted: 4/2/2015 12:24:39 PM EDT
[#46]
i leave them cash, so they have it right now, without tax.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 12:28:00 PM EDT
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Why are so many people going out of their way to help waiters cheat on their taxes?
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Posted: 4/2/2015 12:29:48 PM EDT
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usually I leave cash so I know the server has a better chance of getting it all. Last time we ate out I didn't have enough cash on me to pay what I wanted to leave so I just put the tip on the card.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 12:31:09 PM EDT
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People that tip with coins are the lowest form of scum.
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Posted: 4/2/2015 12:31:48 PM EDT
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Same here, and for the same reason. Except I explicitly do it so they can not claim it on their taxes. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I use a credit card for just about everything nowadays. Even the bill at restaurants. One exception is tipping at restaurants. When I have cash, I try to leave cash. I figure the server can claim it on his taxes as required. Same here, and for the same reason. Except I explicitly do it so they can not claim it on their taxes. This.... if I have cash I tip in cash |
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