The minimum wage for "tipped" employees is around $2. Does the gov't keep a list of what constitutes a "tipped" employee? Has that list changed over the years?
Regarding pandemic "homing" - I have heard pandemic now referred to as "The Panny." Panny homing has a nice sound to it!
I will never forget working as a Domino's Pizza driver during my college days and having a guy drop six cents into my hand. The pizza was $8.94, he gave me a $10 note, and I returned $1.06 to him. He held out his hand to tip me and I put my hand under his, expecting to get the $1.06 back or even just a buck (which was a decent tip back then, when the minimum wage was $3.35 and you could buy a box of mac and cheese for 25 cents). I handed the six cents back to him. Needless to say, I make sure I never stiff people who bring food to me. But if I have to pick up the food, well ... you probably won't get 15%.
Returning the six cents (later immortalized in an M. Night Shyamalan movie) was truly badass, Melvin. I hope you accompanied it with a curt, “Clearly, you need this more than me.”
Those iPads in coffee shops. Really? I was always glad to put money in the tip jar. Now the choice to tip seems to have gone the way of regularly replenished cream bottles. It feels coercive.
The minimum wage for "tipped" employees is around $2. Does the gov't keep a list of what constitutes a "tipped" employee? Has that list changed over the years?
Regarding pandemic "homing" - I have heard pandemic now referred to as "The Panny." Panny homing has a nice sound to it!
Agreed. It took me a minute but once I got it, I found pandemic homing to be a very satisfying addition to the lexicon. Congratulations, Bill!
“Panny homing” - it has a nice ring to it - thanks, Liza.
I will never forget working as a Domino's Pizza driver during my college days and having a guy drop six cents into my hand. The pizza was $8.94, he gave me a $10 note, and I returned $1.06 to him. He held out his hand to tip me and I put my hand under his, expecting to get the $1.06 back or even just a buck (which was a decent tip back then, when the minimum wage was $3.35 and you could buy a box of mac and cheese for 25 cents). I handed the six cents back to him. Needless to say, I make sure I never stiff people who bring food to me. But if I have to pick up the food, well ... you probably won't get 15%.
Returning the six cents (later immortalized in an M. Night Shyamalan movie) was truly badass, Melvin. I hope you accompanied it with a curt, “Clearly, you need this more than me.”
Those iPads in coffee shops. Really? I was always glad to put money in the tip jar. Now the choice to tip seems to have gone the way of regularly replenished cream bottles. It feels coercive.
Sales professionals call it the “Assumptive close,” I believe. Tipping, like the practice of religion, should be a private and personal choice.