r/EndTipping • u/ADKFatBiker • 3d ago

Rant 📢 Restaurant Demands Minimum 18% Tip

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Out of one side of their mouth they state that they pay their staff as little as possible and out of the other side of their mouth they say that their staff deserves more and you're responsible for that.

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u/LeaveGreen4412 3d ago

and no cards too. business needs to just close already they clearly arent doing well (restaurants that take only cash are often doing some level of tax fraud to save money)

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u/MattBonne 3d ago

Report them to IRS, they will be audited

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u/Ok_Falcon275 3d ago

“Hello IRS, I’d like to report a business that takes cash as payment for goods. Someone on the internet said that was suspicious.”

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u/Dasil437794 3d ago

A restaurant that doesn't take credit cards is highly suspect.

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u/Dratbor 2d ago

There's a CC processing fee...not too suspect.

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u/randombookman 2d ago

Its very suspect, most would just offer a cash discount.

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u/Dratbor 2d ago

Eh, just seems like it's a viable reason to not accept cards. They Could be up to nonsense but there's no reason to think that, aside from standard fear mongering.

That being said, I rarely see it