Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for November 04, 2024

Shady Lady in the fifth at Hialeah…..

bouncing betty. third race Donner Grove.

Went to fast food. Two burritos $40 at Chipolios and they asked for a tip….. one person spent five minutes to assemble two burros…..wasn’t that good.

This one gets Madonna’s “Like A Virgin” playing on my mental jukebox for some reason.

Don’t spit into the wind.

Gotcha Cosmo.

The orange Nazi wants to get rid of tips, overtime and Social Security. Reagan first made Social Security taxable.

to insure promptness

Don’t bet on the horses.

Beetle Bomb

No tips might explain the cooking. Or is it the same as which came first, the greasy food or the zero tips?

A bad thing to happen in a canoe.

Lou and Irma never get tips, Either

At my first regular job as a short order cook, I got $2.00 an hour. The waitresses got $1.50 an hour, but except on a really slow night presumably more than made it up in tips. I imagine they had to pay taxes on as much of their tip income as they declared.

I think the “NO TAX ON TIPS” “promise” is pandering (from both sides).

Hint, hint to you, Cosmo ! ! ! !

Stay out of junk bonds.

“Buy low, sell high!” ;-}

There should not be tax on tips, but then there should be no tipping necessary in the first place. Any civilized society would pay their workers at least a living wage, which would eliminate the need for some people to kowtow just to make enough money to survive.

Most tipped workers don’t earn enough to have to pay any federal income tax anyway.

In some places, the tip suggested on the ticket is over 20% of the total, including sales taxes. The server, especially if tips are untaxed, my have a bigger take-home than the restaurant owner who pays for cooks, food, rent, insurance, equipment, advertising, utilities, etc.

The lousy advice you get.

with her food, it more like stomach pump with every meal

I have yet to understand the logic behind “no tax on tips.”

Danny the ditch digger and Willie the waiter are both underpaid. Danny gets wages of $500 a week. Willie gets wages of $350 a week, but in a good week picks up another $150 in tips. This is the way the restaurant business works in the U.S.A., unlike in most civilized countries.

Why should Danny pay taxes on $500 while Willie only pays taxes on $350? What am I missing? If you’re going to make new laws, wouldn’t it make more sense to mandate paying waiters the same minimum wage as other workers, so that they’re not dependent on tipping in the first place?

Cosmo certainly avoids them with a vengeance.

these days tips are just hidden costs

keep outta dark alleys?

don’t take any wooden nickels?

Never wear plaids and stripes at the same time.

Here’s a tip, Roz…hire a better cook.

Better wages for tipped workers so they don’t have to depend on tips.

I’m usually pretty good about tips. I understand that, for some, it is their pay. In a sit-down restaurant, I’ll generally tip a minimum of 20% for decent service. More if the staff is attentive and does a great job of taking care of us. For any level of service outside of sit-down, I will generally tip 10% or $5 minimum. It encourages prompt service, and the people at the counter/window tend to remember you, so your order gets an extra bit of attention.

However: Last night I ordered take-out from Chili’s. It used to be (a couple of months ago), that you ordered, you went to pick it up, pulled into a spot, sent your spot number in to the people inside, and they would bring your food out to you, eventually.

Not anymore. Now, you pull up and wait until they text you it is ready, and you go in and get it.

Here’s the relevance part: For this …modicum… of service, they would like for you to provide an 18, 20, or 22% in tip. It’s basically an indoor drive-thru, and they want an 18% gratuity? I think it will be awhile before I do take-away from Chili’s again. The expectation left a bad taste in my mouth, even if the food didn’t.

I always poke my finger on those tacks anyway.

Very stupid idea that is not going to happen.