Virginia is about to become the friendliest restaurant state…

[LuFins Dad]

[Doctor Phibes]

So I can tip 20% less now, and 40% less if I ever eat in a high end place!

[LuFins Dad]

As an aside, our election season is still going on. We have 3 special elections in January that will decide the commonwealth’s House and Senate.

[jon-nyc]

This should have been posted in the ‘More tipping insanity’ thread because that’s what it would lead to if actually enacted.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Virginia is about to become the friendliest restaurant state…:

This should have been posted in the ‘More tipping insanity’ thread because that’s what it would lead to if actually enacted.

I wonder if my commissions could be turned Into tips?

[jon-nyc]

Certainly this would incentivize employers to ask such questions.

Especially with ‘mandatory’ tips becoming more common.

[Axtremus]

Performance bonus, year-end bonus, quarterly bonus ... all these can be "tips."

[jon-nyc]

The way to slow this down is to make sure tips aren’t deductible as an expense to the company, even if they are collected centrally and distributed via payroll checks.

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc said in Virginia is about to become the friendliest restaurant state…:

This should have been posted in the ‘More tipping insanity’ thread because that’s what it would lead to if actually enacted.

Agree.

[LuFins Dad]

What I don’t see is any kind of rationale. How is it that we’re not going to tax tips, but will totally tax the hell out of birthday gifts…

[jon-nyc]

The rationale is vote buying.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Virginia is about to become the friendliest restaurant state…:

The rationale is vote buying.

LBJ smiled.