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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 3299215" data-attributes="member: 18182">I'm no law or tax expert, but did spend many years waiting tables.  Jobs that have most of their income as tips or commissions are exempt from federal minimum wage rules, but often are not exempt from state rules.  In all the states I've worked in (just Idaho and Utah), the minimum wage for a job like this was like $2-3 per hour, plus your tips.You are required by law to report your all of your tips to the IRS, but nobody in their right mind claims ALL their tips!  Most waiters claim an even 8-10% on their tax return forms (in my experience anyways).I'm also pretty sure that if your wage + tips don't equal the federal minimum, that the company does have to make up the difference, but this would be per year, not per evening or week or anything . . . and it really just never comes into play.If you don't tip your waiter or your pizza delivery guy at all, your just a cheap jerk.  And you'll develop a reputation of being a bad tipper and if you order repeatedly from the same place, well, you'll be lucky if long delivery times are all you get.Conversely, if you tip well for good service, you'll develop a reputation for being a good tipper and you will usually receive better service from the same restaurant.  Plus, it's the right thing to do and you'll be reincarnated into a higher form after you die!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I have a good friend who, along with his wife, are just terrible tippers everywhere they go.  They also tend to frequent the same restaurants and order pizza from the same places.  They are constantly amazed at how bad service is in our area and how long it takes to order pizza!!  They just don't seem to get it (even though I've explained it more than once), that the service people know they are going to get stiffed and make them bottom priority.  Oh well, some people (even good people) just never learn . . .Edit:  Although, I suppose my stance on not tipping making you a jerk obviously does not apply to our Aussie and Kiwi friends on the boards here!  Just us silly Americans!</blockquote>

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