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Tipping
service issues
12/6/2018
Why Tips Won
They’re outdated. They’re discriminatory. And they aren’t going anywhere.
comebacks
10/1/2018
One Simple Stat Explains Why It’s So Hard for Restaurants to Eliminate Tips
The difference in pay for servers at one popular New York restaurant is shocking.
tip pooling
3/22/2018
Congress Just Introduced Legislation to Ensure Servers Get to Keep Their Tips
A provision to the spending bill would clarify the Labor Department’s tip-pooling rule.
sexual harassment
3/12/2018
A New Report Details the Abuse Servers Tolerate for Better Tips
The power imbalance and subjective nature of tipping culture forces servers to endure behavior that wouldn’t be tolerated in other workplaces.
tipping
1/12/2018
Chain Bashed for Cold-blooded Tipping Policy That Makes Servers ‘Pay to Work’
The legally dubious scheme takes 3 percent of the bill, regardless of the gratuity.
tipping
12/19/2017
Please Enjoy a Joyful Story About Big Tips Saving Christmas for Servers
Finally, some good news!
bad ideas
11/20/2017
Start-Up Unveils Plan to Eliminate Tipping That Will
Definitely
Work
It involves a Yelp-style rating system tied to a blockchain and cryptocurrency.
tipping
11/10/2017
Restaurant Adds 18 Percent Tip to Tables of Teens
A mom is protesting it because her daughter paid 90 extra cents.
tipping
10/31/2017
Trump’s Labor Department Wants to Legalize Tip-Pooling Again
It would let owners distribute gratuities however they see fit.
upheavals
10/19/2017
As Danny Meyer Eliminates Tipping, His Staff Struggles to Adapt
Danny Meyer’s decision to eliminate tips at his restaurants was called revolutionary. Behind the scenes, the rollout was rockier than anyone expected.
the tipping game
6/26/2017
Blue Hill at Stone Barns Is the Latest Restaurant to Eliminate Tipping
A 20 percent administrative fee will be added to the $258 bill.
tipping
6/5/2017
London Man Returns to ‘Double Tip’ Restaurant Staff After Terror Attack
“They cared about us and our safety.”
tipping
11/3/2016
Danny Meyer Will Eliminate Tips at Gramercy Tavern on December 1
The popular restaurant is the latest, and highest-profile, to adopt the owners’ Hospitality Included program.
awful service
9/26/2016
Terrible Customers Get Server Fired by Pretending She Changed the Tip [Updated]
“The odds of being struck by lightning are probably better than this.”
Tipping
5/11/2016
Joe’s Crab Shack Says Its No-Tipping Policy Isn’t Working
Customers “spoke very loudly” and “voted with their feet.”
Tipping
5/9/2016
Restaurateur Gabriel Stulman Reinstates Tipping at Fedora
The owner of several restaurants had been testing out a gratuity-free system, but says it didn’t work out as well as he’d hoped.
The Tipping Game
3/14/2016
A Popular Neighborhood Trattoria Runs Into Trouble After Eliminating Tips
“The industry has been the same way for so long … Of course, it’s been weirdly emotional and frustrating and anxiety-causing.”
The Tipping Game
2/3/2016
Andrew Tarlow Wants Tip-Free Restaurants to Display This Logo [Updated]
He argues a sticker in windows across town “would simplify things tremendously.”
The Tipping Game
12/21/2015
Here Are the NYC Restaurants That Have Eliminated Tipping
Where to eat if you want to go all service-included, all the time.
Tipping
12/17/2015
Gabriel Stulman Jumps on the No-Tipping Bandwagon
He’s changing his policy at Fedora to start.
The Tipping Game
12/16/2015
Andrew Tarlow Joins the No-Tipping Movement
All of his restaurants will be gratuity-free by the end of next year.
Sued
12/15/2015
Two Former Employees Are Suing Danny Meyer Over Unpaid Wages
They claim they should have been paid more per hour.
Menu Changes
12/2/2015
Franny’s Will Remove Its Controversial Obamacare Surcharge
“We will retract the surcharge and reconfigure our menu pricing instead.”
The Tipping Game
12/1/2015
Eleven Madison Park Will Eliminate Tips
The restaurant will go service-included in 2016.
Tipping
11/20/2015
Customers Are Still Tipping in Spite of Danny Meyer’s Ban
The Modern’s conspicuous “hospitality included” notice isn’t fazing stubborn diners.
Tipping
11/17/2015
Jessica and Jerry Seinfeld Are Very Much Pro-Tipping
“I like the arguments. I like the weirdness.”
Tips
11/12/2015
Frustrated Server Takes to Facebook to Explain Why a Customer Was Wrong Not to
“… your insecurity as a woman is heartbreaking.”
Tipping
11/10/2015
A Nationwide Restaurant Chain Has Eliminated Tipping
Joe’s Crab Shack will go gratuity-free at all 130 locations.
Tipping
11/4/2015
Restaurant Owner Says No-Tipping Policy Curbed Sexism Among Customers
“Being a woman and serving people can be uncomfortable at times,” says Renee Erickson.
Opinions
11/3/2015
Why Danny Meyer’s No-Tipping Policy Will Succeed
A former Union Square Cafe employee says things aren’t likely to change too much at “the house of yes.”
Explanations
11/3/2015
5 Big Takeaways From Danny Meyer’s No-Tipping Town Hall Meeting
Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group hosted 100 guests for a question-and-answer session about their decision to implement a “Hospitality Included” policy.
Tipping
10/15/2015
Why One NYC Sous-Chef Will Be Happy When Tipping Is Eliminated Forever
“Such a radical change in the system will come at a price, and I’m worried and intrigued to see what that is.”
Platt Chat
10/15/2015
Adam Platt on Danny Meyer’s Huge Tipping Announcement
“I’m on the record as being anti-tip. The whole custom is absurd, and there’s really nothing that’s voluntary about it.”
The Tipping Game
10/14/2015
Danny Meyer Will Get Rid of Tipping at All of His Restaurants
Within the next year, he plans to implement a “hospitality included” program and raise wages for employees.
Tipping
4/13/2015
Court Says a Dunkin’ Donuts Owner Can Keep Workers’ Tips If She
Another reason why the tipping system is broken.
Tipping
3/9/2015
How a Raised Minimum Wage Affects Restaurants
The Pok Pok chef says new state regulations have the power to change the entire restaurant landscape.
Tipping
2/24/2015
New York Raises Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers to $7.50
Will this push restaurant owners to abolish tipping altogether?
Labor Disputes
1/16/2015
Pure Food & Wine Waitress Speaks Out
“… it’s like, who’s this woman that’s never around, fucking everything up for people who work for her?”
Video Feed
1/13/2015
Here’s a Video Primer on the Arguments for Abolishing Restaurant Tips
“Why don’t they just pay you a normal amount of money and make the food more expensive?”
The Tipping Economy
11/5/2014
How Service Charges Could Fix America’s Tipping Problem
Alinea owner Nick Kokonas explains.
The Tipping Economy
11/4/2014
We Are the 20%: What Tips Mean to Servers, Bartenders, Doormen, and Baristas
Your server is definitely judging you.
The Tipping Economy
11/4/2014
Tipping: The Art of the Money-Flirt
“It’s the coolest thing ever.”
The Tipping Economy
11/4/2014
Is It Time to Topple Tipping? Adam Platt Tries (and Fails) to Go Gratuity-Free
I decided to conduct a rash experiment: I would try to dispense cash based on merit rather than out of obligation.
Awful Things
10/7/2014
90 Percent of Female Restaurant Employees Say They’ve Been Sexually
The co-founder of a nonprofit argues that women are “forced to dress and act certain ways that make them vulnerable to customer, co-worker and manager harassment.”
Deliverance
4/16/2014
Seamless Will Make It Harder for Restaurants to Steal Delivery Workers’
There was nothing in the services contracts about passing on gratuities.
Scientific Studies
4/3/2014
The Ultimate Tip-Earner Is a Walking Waitress Cliché, According to Science
A handy list of all the ways your tips are often discriminatory.
Check Yo Self
11/15/2013
Restaurant Check Sermons: The Weakest Kind of Power Grab
If the only way you can express your views is by stiffing servers, you are a sad, weak individual.
Video Feed
9/16/2013
Watch What Happens When Servers Receive Unexpected $200 Tips
It will make you feel at least a little warm and fuzzy.
The Other Critics
9/4/2013
The Other Critics: Daniel S. Meyer Loves Estela; East 12th Osteria Gets Four
Plus: a review of Umami, and more, in this week’s roundup.
Check Please
9/4/2013
The Tipping Backlash Goes Big
As the New York ‘Times’ runs an anti-tipping report on its front page, the idea gains some more traction.
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