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forest444

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4. Right on.

Reply to whathehell (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 06:22 PM

Mar 2015

My brother-in-law put himself through school in part by waiting tables in (heavily Republican) Orange County, CA. Talk about cheapskate horror stories!!

Besides which, our $2.13 minimum wage for tipped employees is a national disgrace right out of an Upton Sinclair novel. It's no secret many restaurants -from greasy spoon dives to the swankiest chez-this-and-that establishments- find ways of skirting the $7.25 minimum the tips are supposed to amount to.

Kudos to G.Q. I'm glad Mayor 1% put this issue in the spotlight - even if only inadvertently.

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Is a Bad Tipper But This Store Employee Got the Ultimate Revenge... [View all] Cheese Sandwich Mar 2015 OP

I'll bet Rahmbo never darkens G. Q.'s door again Jack Rabbit Mar 2015 #1

Guy in pic says Rahm tipped about 37 cents on a drink that cost about $7..Cheap bastard! whathehell Mar 2015 #2

Right on. forest444 Mar 2015 #4

Don't you just love those rich cheap asses? Rahm is in a runoff election race whathehell Mar 2015 #7

Rahm Emanuel donnasgirl Mar 2015 #5

Well that explains the lousy tip, then... whathehell Mar 2015 #6

Let's hope G.Q. votes !!!! ciaobaby Mar 2015 #3