<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
Robert Oppenheim wrote, On 8/25/2008 3:22 PM:
<blockquote cite="mid:48B3065E.9070608@comcast.net" type="cite">Yes,
Shagga takes credit cards, with no minimum.
<br>
...<br>
Rob
<br>
</blockquote>
Rob,<br>
Just a thought - to help support new small businesses: USES CASH.<br>
<br>
Credit card companies charge businesses a fee to process credit cards.
When I had a small business I paid 1.6% of the value of the charge plus
$0.21 for each transaction. I understand the percentage rate is now 2%
or higher.<br>
<br>
For a $2.50 cup of coffee, that's 26 cents {(2.50*0.02) = 0.05 + 0.21}
or 10% of what you pay for the coffee.<br>
<br>
Small businesses, restraints in particular, survive on a small margin,
10% is 10%<br>
<br>
<i>Of course</i>, we all tip. In the case of a owner-operated restraint
this comes out even. Kind of a "<i>The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh
away</i>" situation. Don't forget, if you put the tip on the card, the
card company gets 2% of that too.<br>
<br>
Just the opinion of a Cranky Old Coot<br>
<br>
P.S.<br>
Always carry cash for tips. Having know/talked to wait staff, I under
stand, depending on the manager, somethings that accrue when the tip is
on the card are:<br>
<br>
-- Management keeps that 2%<br>
-- Wait staff doesn't get the tip until the end of the week or month. Or<br>
-- Management has to make change at the end of the shift or after
closing when everyone wants to go home.<br>
-- This is difficult if the waitress shares the tip with the bus-boy
who quickly cleans her tables or the hostess who keeps her table full.<br>
-- Wait staff has to keep track of the tips that were charged to make
sure they receive what the customer intended.<br>
<br>
Tom Paxton sang a song about this that ended with "Remember your
waitress, because she WILL remember you!"<br>
<br>
COC<br>
</body>
</html>