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re: Tipping for dressers?

Posted by:	frankm 01:38 pm EDT 03/16/14
In reply to:	Tipping for dressers? - Kaoru 04:15 am EDT 03/16/14

Well, if you don't don't think it's necessary then tipping should be banned in all shows from this day on. And I'm curious just how well compensated is a union dresser? Perhaps while we are addressing the tipping issue we can also see if we can do some union busting. Whaddaya say?

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re: Tipping for dressers?

Posted by:	FriendofDorothy 11:15 pm EDT 03/16/14
In reply to:	re: Tipping for dressers? - frankm 01:38 pm EDT 03/16/14

Frank, I think you took the original poster's point way beyond what was actually written. No union busting was called for, and no mention was made of abolishing tipping. In NY State, the law makes all tipping, in all cases, entirely voluntary. I think the poster was just surprised to learn that it was a position that gets tipped at all. I am always happy when someone thanks someone else for their hard work with a little cash. I've been on both ends of it. But I can see how when informed that the whole cast is contributing the same amount every week, it can lend the impression of not being voluntary. But I am sure the dressers are reporting 100% of it to the IRS, so no harm, right?

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