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Sales tax on a meal

posted 11/12/2007 10:21:41 AM |

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530Meliss

Good Morning All, I just got to thinking about something that bugs me. Bugs me enough to shake my head over it. I work at a university but this seems to happen whenever a group of "business office" types get together for a meal... they can't figure out their portion of the check without a calculator and they can't ever figure out the tip. Whatever happened to doing math in your head?

Does anyone else notice this?

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estoyaqui	Nov 12 @ 10:27AM
	I think what it means when you see a calculator at a restaurant table is that you can count on a very small tip form a bunch of conservative right wings who dont understand that waiters/waitresses make like $2 and hour and live on those tips... -s

Fender	Nov 12 @ 10:30AM


moonlit33	Nov 12 @ 10:33AM
	I would hope not too many are like that. I'd like to think most people can do simple math in their head! Say it isn't so!

JimNastics	Nov 12 @ 10:40AM
	Some people just aren't good at math. It takes all types, ya know. (insert emoticon shrugging shoulders here)

robodad	Nov 12 @ 10:44AM
	Let's see...I had a coffee, burger and fries....

ragtopcookie	Nov 12 @ 10:52AM
	i say write the whole meal off as a business expense...nuff said....cookie

Kat_luvr	Nov 12 @ 11:54AM
	yea I like to screw with the cashier by throwing change at her and seeing her get flustered b/c she got a publik skewl edjewcashun that made her use calculators instead of the brain GOD gave her, and cant figure out I get a Dollar back!

Sugar_Lee	Nov 12 @ 11:57AM
	You mean the boss doesn't pay? I always did!

iglooo101	Nov 12 @ 12:17PM
	my guess, the waitress, should prepare different checques they usually ask, 1 or different cheques

kattsmeow	Nov 12 @ 12:26PM
	In San Francisco.... Because owners must pay servers the city-mandated minimum wage of $9.14 per hour, even though the wait staff also earns tips, line cooks' wages are effectively frozen at $10 to $15 an hour. Owners say there's simply not enough payroll to go around. I can't imagine being a waitress and getting this much an hour! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/11/12/MN1DSNR7D.DTL

eastham	Nov 18 @ 10:22AM
	Katt, In restaurants in NYC and I would assume in most big cities, the wait staff shares tips with the busboys, dishwashers, etc.

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