Where Does Your Service Charges In Tampa Restaurants Go?
When a service charge appears on our Tampa restaurants tab, it becomes our favorite excuse not to tip the waiters, waitresses, bartenders, and receptionists who served us. We think that just because we already paid a 10-percent service charge, we don’t have to give even a dollar to the wait staff. This always happens when we dine in a sit-down restaurant. There’s always an additional 8% or 10% on the original bill.
The question remains, though: Does this service charge go to the wait staff or is this simply how the tip works? Most countries have this to say about service charges: 85% of the service charge must go to the employees while 15% goes to the management. We’re not exactly sure if this works and if this is applied. We’re sure employees would balk at the thought of the management taking more than 15% of what they worked hard for.
All the employees must have equal share in the 85% of the total service charge collected. In case the service charge is abolished, it s…
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