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In reply to the discussion: Completely f'd up business practice I just found out about [View all]kcr
(15,315 posts)94. The merchant, yes. It shouldn't be the employees.
When I worked retail, I didn't get my pay docked every time someone paid with a credit card. It's wage theft. I didn't know about this until recently, and now I always tip cash.
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AND it takes profits from the thieving credit card companies, which is always the polite thing to do
jtuck004
Dec 2013
#103
I love you. Tell me where this place is and if I'm ever in your town Im eating there.
TeamPooka
Dec 2013
#10
I used to live in Pleasantville. At one point, the town was lousy with my relatives!
dorkzilla
Dec 2013
#219
Everybody knows that when you use a credit card the business doesn't get the charged amount.
FarCenter
Dec 2013
#11
Just chalk it up to the cost of doing business (which it is) and having a clear conscience.
AAO
Dec 2013
#81
CC companies can afford to offer to dog et al because some people pay 12% to 30% on a balance.
FarCenter
Dec 2013
#21
If the OP want to do so, fine by me. But the OP is kicking in an additional percent to the tip jar.
FarCenter
Dec 2013
#39
The part about the owner adding to the tip jar by not charging the servers the cc cost
Incitatus
Dec 2013
#115
And as a customer, I would prefer to be charged a fair price for the food and service
Ms. Toad
Dec 2013
#48
It's the American way. Restaurants will lose money if they go "Euro" in pricing (BTW, I personally
WinkyDink
Dec 2013
#141
The problem is that not doing it directly cuts profit margins, and many owners wont do that.
Xithras
Dec 2013
#67
Agreed, but since I can't change the system I'll opt for protecting my people.
dorkzilla
Dec 2013
#112
I always pay tips in cash, even when I use a card for the meal. nt
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Dec 2013
#145
Transaction fees are a corporate tax and should be outlawed. Banks already charge high interest
Monk06
Dec 2013
#177
The credit card fee losses was one of the reasons used to keep the minimum wage lower for
okaawhatever
Dec 2013
#75
Thanks, Hoyt, that's what I think (about the prices). I don't know why this is so convoluted. n/t
dorkzilla
Dec 2013
#121
Good catch. My experience with greedy business owners is they are always trying to
Hoyt
Dec 2013
#130
that's called WAGE THEFT and it's not something I'd expect to see promoted by a DU'er
nashville_brook
Dec 2013
#147
Some businesses charge credit card users extra to offset some of the fee taken by the
bluestate10
Dec 2013
#163
I take it that you are new to being a SBO? In the Big Book of Employment, this is one
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#5
You're absolutely right, and that's how we've run all of our businesses.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#23
Yes, but you are in the one business that we've considered and rejected time and time again,
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#77
My server friends are grateful when they're tipped cash - specifically because of this practice.
myrna minx
Dec 2013
#7
I try to tip cash because sometimes the servers don't get the cc gratuity for weeks
dorkzilla
Dec 2013
#14
Many times servers are forbidden to talk about it too, even if asked by a customer
myrna minx
Dec 2013
#24
Well, the thing is that if the tip is given in cash, the restaurant gets the whole tip,
Yo_Mama
Dec 2013
#26
Two of the three chefs on Master Chef have been caught doing it. nt
Fantastic Anarchist
Dec 2013
#31
To be honest, I read about all three and I can't remember which two.
Fantastic Anarchist
Dec 2013
#191
To the people who say tip with cash. You know we are on the way to becoming a
totodeinhere
Dec 2013
#69
Not for a couple more generations, barring some dramatic social change.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#80
Due to business needs, it is not uncommon for me to have three to four thousand dollars in my wallet
Ikonoklast
Dec 2013
#212
I'm waiting for the banks to act like they can charge you for accepting cash.
Spitfire of ATJ
Dec 2013
#79
I’m a small business owner and always felt if you needed employees and could not afford to ..
busterbrown
Dec 2013
#83
it's just as easy to levy the fee onto customers (if anyone at all)! good on you
dionysus
Dec 2013
#134
Thank you for posting this! I will be sure to ask about this practice next time I go to a restaurant
WinkyDink
Dec 2013
#135
Yep. I used to sell POS systems, and I made a point of not mentioning that option (nt)
Recursion
Dec 2013
#140
i am gonna stress cash tips. we do not go out much. or i do not. but i will carry cash.
pansypoo53219
Dec 2013
#143
k and r--good for you, dorkzilla. looking forward to hearing how well you are doing. will have to
niyad
Dec 2013
#153
thank you for posting this -- this is wage theft, and it's sad that it's so common that
nashville_brook
Dec 2013
#154
Some restaurants don't permit you to put tips on credit card, a different solution (n/t)
thesquanderer
Dec 2013
#155
I know, huh? It would never even cross your mind to do something so...conservative.
Zorra
Dec 2013
#158
You did the right thing, Servers shouldn't suffer because credit card company greed.
bluestate10
Dec 2013
#168
Good point. If we could just make doing the right thing "very sexy, " most of our problems
Hoyt
Dec 2013
#176
Nah, he smirked because our opening has been delayed since July and Ive paid him...
dorkzilla
Dec 2013
#188